Johnny Cash, Folsom Prison Blues (1956)
Key: :[F#] (w: Johnny Cash)
BASS TIPS: [F#](*8*) [B](*4*) [F#](*4*) [C#](*4*) [F#](*4*)
INTRO: [*R1]
VERSE 1:
I
[F#] hear the train a-coming; it's rolling 'round the bend
And
[F#] I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when
I'm
[B] stuck at Folsom Prison and time keeps dragging
[F#] on
But that
[C#] train keeps a-rolling on down to San An-
[F#]-tone
VERSE 2:
When
[F#] I was just a baby, my momma told me Son
[F#] Always be a good boy; don't ever play with guns
But I
[B] shot a man in Reno, just to watch him
[F#] die
When I
[C#] hear that whistle blowing, I hang my head and
[F#] cry
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
VERSE 3:
I
[F#] bet there's rich folk eating in a fancy dining car
They're
[F#] probably drinking coffee and smoking big cigars
But I
[B] know I had it coming, I know I can't be
[F#] free
But those
[C#] people keep a-moving, and that's what tortures
[F#] me
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
VERSE 4:
Well
[F#] if they freed me from this prison, if that railroad train was mine
I
[F#] bet I'd move it all a little farther down the line
[B] Far from Folsom Prison, that's where I want to
[F#] stay
And I'd
[C#] let that lonesome whistle blow my blues a-
[F#]-way
OUTRO: [*R1]
