Tabs

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Tabbed by: Mike Nachaj :: mike@mikemusicbox.com

Song: Folsom Prison Blues
By:   Johnny Cash

[intro:]   
 
e|---------------------|   {use same riff at coda}
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|-------2-2-----------|
A|-3-3-3-----3---------|
E|------------3b4-1----|
  C7              F
 
[verse: 1]
  F
I hear the train a-coming, it's rolling round the bend
                                    F7
and I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when
     Bb                                             F
I'm stuck at Folsom Prison, and time keeps draggin' on
           C7                                    F
But that train keeps a-rollin' on down to San Antone
 
 
[verse: 2]
     F
When I was just a baby, my Mama told me 'Son,
                             F7
always be a good boy; don't ever play with guns.'
       Bb                                    F
But I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die
        C7                                           F
when I hear that whistle blowin' I hang my head and cry
 
 
[solo: guitar]   |F  |F7 |F  |F7 |
                 |Bb |Bb |F  |F  |
                 |C7 |C7 |F  |
 
 
[verse: 3]
   F
I bet there's rich folks eatin' from a fancy dining car
                                       F7
They're probably drinking coffee and smoking big cigars
       Bb                                      F
But I know I had it coming, I know I can't be free
      C7                                          F
But those people keep a moving, and that's what tortures me
 
 
[solo: guitar]   |F  |F7 |F  |F7 |
                 |Bb |Bb |F  |F  |
                 |C7 |C7 |F  |
 
[verse: 4]
                F
Well, if they freed me from this prison, if that railroad train was mine
                                F7
I bet I'd move it on a little farther down the line
 Bb                                             F
Far from Folsom Prison, that's where I want to stay
        C7                                      |F    |F   
And I'd let that lonesome whistle blow my blues away

[coda:]  |C7  |C7  |F   |F   {finish}




chords:

Bb      113331  or 688766
C7      032310  or 335353
F       133211
F7      131211