Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash


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[Intro]
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[Verse]

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I hear the tra

in a comin' It

's rollin' 'ro

und the bend,
    
And I ain't se

en the sunshin

e, Since, I do

n'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 M

ama told me,  

Son,

Always be a go

od boy, Don't 

ever play with

 guns,
             
But I shot a m

              
an in Reno, Ju

              
st to watch hi

  
m die,
            
When I hear th

              
at whistle blo

              
win', I hang m

            
y head and cry

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[Solo] (listen to song for rhythm)

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[Verse]
      
I bet there's 

rich folks eat

in', In a fanc

y dining car,

They're probab

ly drinkin' co

ffee, And smok

in' big cigars

,
             
Well I know I 

              
had it comin',

              
 I know I can'

     
t be free,
              
But those peop

            
le keep a-movi

              
n',And that's 

              
what tortures 


me.

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[Verse]
      
Well, if they 

freed me from 

this prison, I

f that railroa

d train was mi

ne,
  
I bet I'd move

 it all a litt

le, Farther do

wn the line,
             
Far from Folso

              
m Prison, That

              
's where I wan

      
t to stay,
            
And I'd let th

              
at lonesome wh

              
istle, Blow my

         
 Blues away.

[Outro]
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     P.M.

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| P.M.  Palm mute
| b     Very slight bend

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