Folsom Prison Blues (key of E) Chords, Guitar Tab, and Lyrics by Johnny Cash at CountryTabs

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Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues (key of E) (Chord)
Album: At Folsom Prison (1999)
Submitter: miketerrian (21) on 1/10/03 14 comments Month Views: 1,995 \| Total Views: 96,974

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Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues (Key of E)

By Mike Terrian - mike_terrian at yahoo.com


I use this little lick in the beggining & end.

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|-------1-1---------|
|-2-2-2-----2-------|
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E                                      
I hear the train a comin, It's rollin round the bend.

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.



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


I bet there's rich folk eatin in a fancy dinin car.
Probaly drinkin coffee and smokin big cigars.
But I knew I had it comin, I know I can't be free.
That train keeps a rollin, and that's what tortures me.


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

Play little lick

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I have been playing a guitar for 6 years and this is the first song i ever learned it is a hell of a song. -evh \| 11/19/2003
I also tried it with a capo and it sounds even better, but u use the same chords -evh \| 1/11/2004
Nice work -tobyngarth \| 2/27/2004
Outstanding!!! -joeyatfsu \| 7/21/2004
Great song! Great job! But put a capo and the first fret play it the same way and drop the E to an E7 an the last word of the second line in each verse and its perfect. E I hear the train a comin its rollin round the bend and I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't E7 know when -Casper_cowboy \| 9/5/2005
A quick run on the low E string after the E7 into A chord completes the song. E---0--2--4----- -dmdude17 \| 9/19/2005
Then going from A back to E, do this: A E A---------------2-(strum)---2---2---------- E--4-2-0(strum)-----------4---2---0-(strum) B7 A--2-(strum)-----0-1--2 E------------0-4------- Then when you go from B7 to E, do the same notes of the run leading into the B7, only backwards. here: B7 E A--2-1-0------------- E--------4-0--------- -macg1 \| 12/13/2005
I agree Ive always played this song with a capo on the 1st fret. To me sounds more like the recording. -madtabber \| 12/20/2005
Good tab. -guitar355 \| 12/28/2005
the last line of the second verse "when i hear that whistle blowin, i hand my head and cry" -btexan03 \| 1/1/2006
last line of third verse "but those people keep a movin, and thats what tortures me" -btexan03 \| 1/1/2006
I Agree with the capo on the first fret, i have it on video and thats how Johnny plays it -Georgejones12 \| 1/7/2006
last line of the second verse is: and when i hear that whistle blowin', i hang my head and cry -larivee123 \| 10/8/2009
second line of the last verse is: well i bet i'd move it on a little farther down the line -larivee123 \| 10/8/2009

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