Folsom Prison Blues tab by Johnny Cash

Tabs (Ver. 2)

Johnny Cash
"Folsom Prison Blues"
// The Luther Perkin picking part \\

Intro:
(pick close to the bridge)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------1-1-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-2-2-2-----2---------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------3b------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse:
   E MajorE (play this picking for 8 times)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|------2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2----------------|
A augmentedA|--------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2------------------|
E MajorE|----0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-0------------|
   I hear the train a comin', it's rolling round the bend
   and I a'int seen the sunshine since I don't know when

      A augmentedA (play this picking for 4 times)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------0-------0-------2-------2--------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-2--4---0-------0-------0-------0------------------------------------------|
     I'm stuck in Folsom Prison, and time keeps

   E MajorE (play this picking for 4 times)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|------2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2----------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------2-------2-------2-------2------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----0-------0-------0-------0----------------------------------------------|
   draggin' on

   B7B7 (play this picking for 4 times)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|------1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1----------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----2-------2-------2-------2----------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------2-------2-------2-------2------------------------------------------|
   But that train keeps a movin' on down to-San-

   E MajorE
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|------2---2---2---2--------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------2-------2----------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----0-------0--------------------------------------------------------------|
   An-Tone

Solo:
e|----7-10-7-10-7-----7-10-7-10------7-10-7-10-7-----7-10-7-10--|
BB|-8h9-------------8h9-----------8h9--------------8h9-----------|
G+G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------|

      (play as chord, down up, up down) (play as chord, down up)
e|-7-4-----2-5---------------------------------2-5--------------------0------|
BB|-----5---2-----------------------------------2------------------------0----|
G+G|---------2-----------------------------------2-----------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------0-----------------------------------0-------------------------------|

    (play as chord, down up)  E MajorE (down up, up)  E MajorE (down up, up)
e|-----5-0--------9---0------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----5---0------10---------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----6----------9-----0---------------------0---------------0--------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--0---------------------------0---------------0----------------------------|

   E MajorE (down up, up)  E MajorE (down up, up)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------------------0------------------0------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-0-------------------0-----------------------------------------------------|

   B7B7 (down up, up down)  B7B7 (down up, up down)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-0----------------------0--------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

                        E MajorE
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------2---2--etc.--------------|
A augmentedA|--2-2-1---------------------------------------------2----------------------|
E MajorE|--------2b-and back to the first rithem part----0--------------------------|

Outro:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------1-1-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-2-2-2-----2---------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------3b------------------------------------------------------------|


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| b Bend
| h Hammer-on

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