Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash


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Folsom Prison Blues (Live)
Johnny Cash
Album: At Folsom Prison

Capo on 1st fret


[Intro]

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I hear the tra

in a comin'

It's rollin' '

round the bend

,

And I ain't se

en the sunshin

e,

Since, I don't

 know when,
     
I'm stuck in F

olsom Prison,
              
And time keeps

          
 draggin' on,
             
But that train

 keeps a-rolli

n',
             
On down to San

   
 Antone.


When I was jus

t a baby,

My Mama told m

e, "Son,

Always be a go

od boy,

Don't ever pla

y with guns,"
      
But I shot a m

an in Reno,
              
Just to watch 

    
him die,
       
When I hear th

at whistle blo

win',
             
I hang my head

     
 and cry.


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I bet there's 

rich folks eat

in',

In a fancy din

ing car,

They're probab

ly drinkin' co

ffee,

And smokin' bi

g cigars,
     
But I know I h

ad it comin',
             
I know I can't

    
 be free,
         
But those peop

le keep a-movi

n',
              
And that's wha

          
t tortures me.


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Well, if they 

freed me from 

this prison,

If that railro

ad train was m

ine,

I bet I'd move

 out over a li

ttle,

Farther down t

he line,

Far from Folso

m Prison,
             
That's where I

         
 want to stay,
             
And I'd let th

   
at lonesome wh

istle,
             
Blow my Blues 


away.


[Outro]

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| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off
| b  Bend

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