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Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues (regular & (Tab)
Album: At Folsom Prison (1999)
Submitter: Derek (0) on 3/28/06
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Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash & "Walk the Line" version)



Joaquin Pheonix version of Folsom prison in "Walk the Line" is in key of E

Johnny Cash version is capo'd on first fret
	-Johnny Cash also plays without capo but in sharps such as E# A# etc.
        -Depending on your voice you can play this song in any key by changing capo

U = down strum
^ = up strum
x = palm mute
br= bend
h = hammer on

INTRO
				   E                    E
E----------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B----------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
G----------|--------------------|--xx---xx---xx---xx-|--xx---xx---xx---xx-|--------------------|
D----------|--1---1-------------|--xx---xx---xx---xx-|--xx---xx---xx---xx-|--------------------|
A---2---2--|----------2---------|--xx-2-xx---xx-2-xx-|--xx-2-xx---xx-2-xx-|--------------------|
E----------|--------------2br---|0---------0---------|0---------0---------|--------------------|
                                 U U^ U U^ U U^ U U^

VERSE
     E
   (1)			(2)		     (3)                  (4)
                          \/- repeat previous measure
E||--------------------|------------/-------|------------/-------|------------/-------|
B||--------------------|-------O---/--------|-------O---/--------|-------O---/--------|
G||--xx---xx---xx---xx-|----------/---------|----------/---------|----------/---------|
D||--xx---xx---xx---xx-|---------/----------|---------/----------|---------/----------|
A||--xx-2-xx---xx-2-xx-|--------/---o-------|--------/---O-------|--------/---O-------|
E||0---------0---------|-------/------------|-------/------------|-------/------------|
   U U^ U U^ U U^ U U^                              
"I hear the ...         rollin ...           I ain't ...          I don't know ...

    A 						E
 (5)		       (6)		    (7)                  (8)                       
E||--------------------|------------/-------|------------/-------|------------/-------|
B||--------------------|-------O---/--------|-------O---/--------|-------O---/--------|
G||--xx---xx---xx---xx-|----------/---------|----------/---------|----------/---------|
D||--xx---xx---xx---xx-|---------/----------|---------/----------|---------/----------|
A||0-xx---xx-0-xx---xx-|--------/---o-------|--------/---O-------|--------/---O-------|
E||-----0---------0----|-------/------------|-------/------------|-------/------------|
  "Stuck...		and time kees draggin on...                         ...but that
   B7						E 
 (9)		       (10)		    (11)                  (12)     
E||--------------------|--------------------|------------/-------|------------/-------|
B||--------------------|--------------------|-------O---/--------|-------O---/--------|
G||--xx---xx---xx---xx-|--xx---xx---xx------|----------/---------|----------/---------|
D||--xx---xx---xx---xx-|--xx---xx---xx------|---------/----------|---------/----------|
A||2-xx---xx-2-xx---xx-|2-xx---xx-2-xx------|--------/---O-------|--------/---O-------|
E||-----2---------2----|-----2---------2br-2|-------/------------|-------/------------|
   Train...             on down...    San An-tone

FILLS

   E  to A		  E   to      -------->--------------->   B7
E||--------------------||--------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
B||--------------------||--------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
G||--xx---xx---xx---xx-||--xx-------xx-------|--xx-------xx------|--xx---xx---xx--xx--|
D||--xx---xx---xx---xx-||--xx-------xx-------|--xx-------xx------|--xx---xx---xx--xx--|
A||--xx---xx---xx---xx-||--xx-------xx-------|--xx-------xx-0-1--|2-xx---xx-2-xx--xx--|
E||0----2----3----4----||0---2br2br0---2br2br|0---2br2br0--------|-----2---------2----|

   B7 to E		  E   to      ------->A   ---------------------------------->  E
E||--------------------||--------------------|-------------------|--------------------|-
B||--------------------||--------------------|-------------------|--------------------|-
G||--xx---xx---xx------||--xx---xx---xx---xx-|--xx---xx---xx--xx-|--xx---xx---xx------|-
D||--xx---xx---xx------||--xx---xx---xx---xx-|--xx---xx---xx--xx-|--xx---xx---xx------|-
A||2-xx-1-xx-0-xx------||--xx0h2xx---xx0h2xx-|0-xx---xx-0-xx--xx-|0-xx---xx-0-xx------|-
E||----------------2br2||0---------0---------|-----0---------0---|-----0----------2br2|0


Non-Palm Mute Version:

	If your not good at palm muting you can substitute it for regular strumming which 
	would look like this

    E
   (1)			(2)		     (3)                  (4)
                          \/- repeat previous measure
E||--00---00---00---00-|------------/-------|------------/-------|------------/-------|
B||--00---00---00---00-|-------O---/--------|-------O---/--------|-------O---/--------|
G||--11---11---11---11-|----------/---------|----------/---------|----------/---------|
D||--------------------|---------/----------|---------/----------|---------/----------|
A||-----2---------2----|--------/---o-------|--------/---O-------|--------/---O-------|
E||0---------0---------|-------/------------|-------/------------|-------/------------|
   U U^ U U^ U U^ U U^                              
"I hear the ...         rollin ...           I ain't ...          I don't know ...

	-The key is to only hit the bottom 3 strings of your guitar during the strumming.

END

The end of the song is the same as the beginning
            E
E|----------------0---||
B|----------------0---||
G|----------------1---||
D|-----1--1-------2---||
A|2-2-------2-----2---||
E|------------2br-0---||
                  U

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