Folsom Prison Blues
Johnny Cash

 

Chord Guide
 
       213 4

B7:   x21202
         123

A:    x02220
        231

E:    022100
  
 

 

Strum: B   D U B   D U

       1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

 

Intro:  / B7 - - - / - - - - / E - - - / - - - - / - - - - / - - - - /

 

    E (8)

I hear the train a comin' 
It's rollin' 'round the bend, 
And I ain't seen the sunshine, 
Since, I don't know when, 

        A (4)
I'm stuck in Folsom Prison,

                                     E (4)
And time keeps draggin' on, 

              B7 (4)
But that train keeps a-rollin',

                            E (4)
On down to San Antone. 



         E (8)
When I was just a baby, 
My Mama told me, "Son, 
Always be a good boy, 
Don't ever play with guns,"

           A (4)
But I shot a man in Reno,

                            E (4)
Just to watch him die,

             B7 (4)
When I hear that whistle blowin',

                                E (2)
I hang my head and cry. 



Solo (instrumental verse)

 

   E (8)
I bet there's rich folks eatin', 
In a fancy dining car, 
They're probably drinkin' coffee, 
And smokin' big cigars, 

           A (4)
But I know I had it comin',

                            E (4)
I know I can't be free,

                 B7 (4)
But those people keep a-movin',

                                      E (2)
And that's what tortures me.

 

Solo (instrumental verse)



                    E (8)
Well, if they freed me from this prison, 
If that railroad train was mine, 
I bet I'd move out over a little, 
Farther down the line,

  A (4)
Far from Folsom Prison,

                                    E (4)
That's where I want to stay,

           B7 (4)
And I'd let that lonesome whistle,

                           E (2)
Blow my blues away.

 

/ B7 - - - / - - - - / E - - - / E (hold) /