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Folsom Prison Blues

Johnny Cash
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
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|-2-2-----2----------|
|-----------3-0------|
 The chord are ,,,,.
 The verse 1
I  hear the train a comin'
 It's rollin' 'round the bend
 And I ain't seen the sunshine
 Since, I  don't know when
I'm  stuck in Folsom Prison
 And time keeps draggin' on
 But that train  keeps a-rollin'
On  down to San Antone
 When I was just a baby
 My Mama 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 whistle blowin'
 I hang my head and cry
 I bet there's rich folks eatin'
 In a fancy dining car
 They're probably drinkin' coffee
 And smokin' big cigars
 But I know I had it comin'
 I know I can't be free
 But those people keep a-movin'
 And that's what tortures me
 Well, if they freed me from this prison
 If that railroad train was mine
 I bet I'd move it on a little
 Farther down the line
 Far from Folsom Prison
 That's where I want to stay
 And I'd let that lonesome whistle
 Blow my blues away
 The ending is just the begginig

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Readable chord sheet for Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash

i learn this 2 months ago i saw that they didnt have the
correct tab
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|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-----1-1------------|
|-2-2-----2----------|
|-----------3-0------|

The chord are [E],[E7],[A],[E],[B].

The verse 1

[E]I hear the train a comin'

It's rollin' 'round the bend

And I ain't seen the sunshine
Since, I[E7] don't know when
[A]I'm stuck in Folsom Prison
And time keeps draggin' [E]on
But that [B]train keeps a-rollin'
[A]On down to San Anton[E]e

When I was just a baby
My Mama 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 whistle blowin'
I hang my head and cry

I bet there's rich folks eatin'
In a fancy dining car
They're probably drinkin' coffee
And smokin' big cigars
But I know I had it comin'
I know I can't be free
But those people keep a-movin'
And that's what tortures me

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

The ending is just the begginig

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