Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash

Intro (Riff)

Come in on the "and" of the 3rd beat

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Intro (Chords)

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Verse 1

I 
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hear the train a-coming, it's rolling round the bend
and I 
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ain't seen the sunshine since 
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 I don't know when
I'm 
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stuck in Folsom Prison, and time keeps draggin' 
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on
But that 
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train keeps a-rollin' on down to San An-
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tone

Verse 2

When 
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I was just a baby, my Mama told me "Son,
always be a good boy; don't 
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ever play with guns."
But I 
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shot a man in Reno, just to watch him 
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die
when I 
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hear that whistle blowin' I hang my head and 
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cry

Solo 1

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Verse 3

I 
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bet there's rich folks eatin' in a fancy dining car
They're 
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probably drinking coffee and 
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smoking big cigars
Well, I 
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know I had it coming, I know I can't be 
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free
But those 
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people keep a moving, and that's what tortures 
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me

Solo 2

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Verse 4

Well, if they 
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freed me from this prison, if that railroad train was mine
I 
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bet I'd move it on a little 
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farther down the line
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Far from Folsom Prison, that's where I want to 
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stay
And I'd 
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let that lonesome whistle blow my blues a-
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way

Outro Riff