FOLSOM PRISON BLUES 
JOHNNY CASH 

Key: Either E or G.But it works out for all Keys. 
The Sun Records(1956)Version is in G. 
The Live At Folsom(1968)Version is in E. 


INTRO: -4 -4 -4 -5 -5 5 -4 4 


5 5    5   -5    6 4  4   5   5   5  -5    6 
I hear the train a-comin, its rollin round the  

4 
bend, 

5   5 5    5    -5  -5# 4    4     5 5    5 
And I aint seen the sunshine since I dont know  

-5b 
when. 
5  -4    4  -4 4   -4 4    -4  -4   4 
Im stuck in Folsom Prison, and time keeps 
-6b 4   3 
draggin on, 
5   5    -4    -4   -4 -4  3   3  3    3 
But that train keeps a rollin, on down to 
3  -2b 2b -1 1  
San    An----tone. 


When I was just a baby, my Mama told me son, 
Always be a good boy, dont ever play with guns. 
But I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die. 
When I hear that whistle blowin, I hang my head 
and cry. 

INSTRUMENTAL 

I bet theres rich folk eatin, ina fancy dining car, 
Theyre probably drinking coffee, and smoking big cigars. 
Well I know I had it comin, I know I cant be free. 
But those people keep a movin, and thats what tortures me. 

INSTRUMENTAL 

Well If theyd free me from this Prison, if that 
railroad train was mine, 
I bet Id move it on, a little farther down the line. 
Far from Folsom Prison, thats where I want to stay. 
And Id let that lonesome whistle, blow my blues 
away. 

OUTRO: Same as Intro