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

                    
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                    bet there's rich folks eatin' in a fancy dining car
                  
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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

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Verse 4

                    
                    Well, if they 
                  
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                    freed me from this prison, if that railroad train was mine
                  
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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