Folsom Prison Blues Live chords by Johnny Cash

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:
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I hear the train a-coming, it's rolling round the bend
                  B7B7
and I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when
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I'm stuck in Folsom Prison, and time keeps draggin' on
     C7C7                   BB
But that train keeps a-rollin' on down to San Antone


Verse 2:
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When I was just a baby, my Mama told me 'Son,
              B7B7
always be a good boy; don't ever play with guns.'
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But I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die
    C7C7                      BB
when I hear that whistle blowin' I hang my head and cry

Solo:
BB | B7B7 | BB | B7B7
BB | BB | BB | BB
C7C7| C7C7| BB |


Verse 3:
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I bet there's rich folks eatin' in a fancy dining car
                   B7B7
They're probably drinking coffee and smoking big cigars
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Well, I know I had it coming, I know I can't be free
     C7C7                       BB
But those people keep a moving, and that's what tortures me


Solo:
BB | B7B7 | BB | B7B7
BB | BB | BB | BB
C7C7| C7C7| BB |


Verse 4:
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Well, if they freed me from this prison, if that railroad train was mine
               B7B7
I bet I'd move it on a little farther down the line
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Far from Folsom Prison, that's where I want to stay
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And I'd let that lonesome whistle blow my blues away