Folsom Prison Blues tab by Reverend Horton Heat

Tabs

Band: Reverend Horton Heat
Album: Holy Roller
Tuning: Standard

Alright kids, back with another tab. The Reverend definitely raises
the bar in terms of difficulty. Jim Heath is an exceptional guitarists and
it was quite a pain to tab this out. I definitely have
my work cut out for me since there are a couple of
other songs of his I plan on tabbing. But it was
definitely worth it nonetheless. This is the 23rd
track off of their 6th album. A augmentedA great greatcover
from one of the most influential artists in history.
I'm about 85% sure on this tab. There are some walking
bass notes in the solos that Jim finger picks that I
couldn't really figure out yet. So, I just tabbed the main
parts for us finger picking noobies. Strums not exact. Let's go!

INTRO

e|-----------------------|----------------|  |-------------|
BB|-----------------------|----------------|  |-------------|
G+G|-----------------------|----------------|  |-------------|
D MajorD|-------1--1------------|--2-2-----------|X3 |----------1--|
A augmentedA|-2-2-2-------2---------|-----2p0--------|  |--2---4------|
E MajorE|----------------2(b)-0-|----------2(b)0-|  |-------------|
                         pm*********

VERSE
e|-------------------|---------|-------------------|---------2-----------|
BB|-------------------|---2-----|-------------------|---------3-----------|
G+G|---2---------------|---2-X8--|-------------------|---------4-x7--------|
D MajorD|---2--X15----------|---2-----|-2-2------------x3-|---------4-----------|
A augmentedA|---1---------------|-0-------|----2p0------------|---------2-----------|
E MajorE|-0---------0--2--4-|---------|---------2(b)0-----|-4-5-6---------2(b)0-|
 pm******       pm                  pm
e|-------------------|
BB|-------------------|
G+G|-------------------|
D MajorD|-22-----------x3---|
A augmentedA|----2h0------------|
E MajorE|--------2(b)0------|

Repeat VERSE one more time

SOLO:
e|------------------------------------------|
BB|-------------0---2--3--2-0--0----2--5-----|
G+G|-------------0h1------------0h1-----------|
D MajorD|-------1-------------------------------X2-|
A augmentedA|-2--4-------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------|

e|--------------5-----9------12------17----------|-------------------------|
BB|----------------7/----10/-----14/-----19-------|-0---2-3-2-0--0---2--5---|
G+G|-----------------------------------------------|-0h1----------0h1--------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
E MajorE|-0--2--4--5-------------------------------12\--|-------------------------|

e|------------------------------------|----------------------------|
BB|------------------------------7-8---|-0---2--3--2--0--0---2--5---|
G+G|------------4-----4-----4-----------|-0h1-------------0h1--------|
D MajorD|---------------7-----7-----7--------|----------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------|----------------------------|
E MajorE|-4-5-6-7----------------------------|----------------------------|

Repeat VERSE

SOLO 2: (jeez, i should figure out those walking bass notes...)
e|----------------0-----0-----|---------------------3----0----|
BB|----------------------------|------------------2-----2------|
G+G|-------------------1--------|-------------0h1---------------|
D MajorD|------0--1--2------------x3-|-------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---3------------------------|-------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------|-12\---0-0---------------------|

e|--------5---7--|------7-----|-----------------------------------|
BB|-/6---7---6----|----8---8---|-0---2--3--2-0--0---2--5-----------|
G+G|-/5------------|--9-------9-|-0h1------------0h1----------------|
D MajorD|---------------|------------|-----------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------|------------|-----------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------|------------|-----------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------1-1----1-1----1-1----1-1----1-1-----1-1-----------|
A augmentedA|----0--1--2---------------2------------2------2-------1---------|
E MajorE|-4----------------2-------------2-----------------------2(b)0---|

e|--------------------|
BB|--------------------|
G+G|--------------------|
D MajorD|-2-2------------x3--|
A augmentedA|-----2p0------------|
E MajorE|----------2(b)0-----|

Repeat VERSE

End with the intro riff:

e|----------------------|----------------|
BB|----------------------|--22222222~~~---|
G+G|----------------------|--22222222~~~---|
D MajorD|--------1-1-----------|--11111111~~~---|
A augmentedA|--2-2-2------2--------|--00000000~~~~--|
E MajorE|----------------2(b)0-|----------------|

Alright, that's it guys! Let me know what you think. I
have no idea what I'm going to tab out next, but I'll tab something.
Have fun!!


| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note