Artist: Johnny Cash
Title: Folsom Prison Blues
Transcribed By: Brian Earl Haines


Chords used (Capo 1 to match recording):

   E  A  B7
e|-0--0--2-|
B|-0--2--0-|
G|-1--2--2-|
D|-2--2--1-|
A|-2--0--2-|
E|-0--x--x-|


Strumming Pattern:

v v^v v^v v^v v^
1 &e2 &e3 &e4 &e 


Alternate the bass notes like this:

E chord:

   v  v ^ v  v ^ v  v ^ v  v ^
   1  & e 2  & e 3  & e 4  & e 
e|----0-0----0-0----0-0----0-0-|
B|----0-0----0-0----0-0----0-0-|
G|----1-1----1-1----1-1----1-1-|
D|----2-2----2-2----2-2----2-2-|
A|--------2-------------2------|
E|-0-------------0-------------|

A chord:

   v  v ^ v  v ^ v  v ^ v  v ^
   1  & e 2  & e 3  & e 4  & e 
e|----0-0----0-0----0-0----0-0-|
B|----2-2----2-2----2-2----2-2-|
G|----2-2----2-2----2-2----2-2-|
D|----2-2----2-2----2-2----2-2-|
A|-0-------------0-------------|
E|--------0-------------0------|

B7 chord:

   v  v ^ v  v ^ v  v ^ v  v ^
   1  & e 2  & e 3  & e 4  & e 
e|----2-2----2-2----2-2----2-2-|
B|----0-0----0-0----0-0----0-0-|
G|----2-2----2-2----2-2----2-2-|
D|----1-1----1-1----1-1----1-1-|
A|-2-------------2-------------|
E|--------2-------------2------|

Intro and Outro for Electric Guitar:

         B7         E
e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|-------1-1---1--------|
A|-2-2-2-----2----------|
E|---------------b2-0---|


Solo for Electric Guitar:

   E
e|-----7-10-7-10-7-----7-10-7-10-|-----7-10-7-10-7----7-10-7-10-7-----|
B|-8s9-------------8s9-----------|-8s9-------------8s9------------9---|
G|-------------------------------|----------------------------------9-|
D|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|


   A
e|-----5--------5--------------------9-----|
B|------5--------5-------10-----------10---|
G|---6---6----6---6----9---9-------9----9--|
D|-7--------7--------11-----11---11--------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|


   E                                                 B7            E
e|---0-0-0--------0-0-0---------0-0-0--------------|-----------------|
B|---0-0-0--------0-0-0---------0-0-0--------------|-----------------|
G|---------0h1-----------0h1----------0h1----------|-----------------|
D|-2------------2-------------2------------2-2-----|-----------------|
A|---------------------------------------------0-1-|-2--2--2--1------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|------------b2-0-|



















Hello, I’m Johnny Cash

Intro: B7 E

E                                      
I hear the train a comin, It's rollin round the bend
E
I ain't seen the sunshine since, I don't know when
    A                                              E
I'm stuck in Folsom Prison, and time keeps draggin on
         B7                                    E
But that train keeps a rollin on down to San Antone

E
When I was just a baby, my mamma told me son
E
Always be a good boy don't ever play with guns
      A                                     E
But I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die
       B7                                             E
When I hear that whistle blowin, I hang my head and I cry

Solo: E A E B7 E

E
I bet there's rich folks eatin from a fancy dinin car.
E
Probably drinkin coffee and smokin big cigars
      A                                      E
Well I knew I had it comin, I know I can't be free
          B7                                            E  
But those people keep a movin, and that's what tortures me

Solo: E A E B7 E

E
Well if they freed me from this prison, If that railroad train was mine
E
I think that I would move a little farther down the line
A                                                E
Far from folsom prison, that’s where I'd want to stay
        B7                                      E
And I'd let that lonesome whistle blow my blues away

Outro: B7 E