Folsom Prison Blues Chords by Home Free
Tempo:
93.9 bpm
Chords used:
Em
D
E
A
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D]
[Em]
[A] [D]
[Em] [A] [D] I [E] hear the train a-comin' It's rollin' round [D] the bend
[E] And I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't [G] know when
[A] I'm stuck in Folsom Prison And time [D] keeps a [B]-dragging on
But that train keeps on rollin' On down [Bb] to San [E] Antonio
[D]
[Em] [Am] [D]
[E] When I was just a baby My mama told [D] me, son
[E] Always be a good [Em] boy Don't ever play [G] with guns
But [A] I shot a man in Reno Just [D] to watch [E] him [Em] die
[B] When I hear that whistle blowin' I hang my head [Em] and cry
[D]
[Em] [G] I [A] got three or four years to go Tell me, do you hear [D] that whistle blowin'
[Em] Folsom Prison blues [G] Tell me what I got to do
[E] I bet there's rich folks eatin' In a fancy dinin' [D] car
[E] They're probably drinkin' coffee And smokin' big cigars
But [A] I know I had it comin' I know I can't be [E] free
[Em] [B] But those people keep on movin' And that's [E] what tortures me
[Em] [E] [A] I [Em] got three or four years to go Tell me, do you hear [D] that whistle [Em] blowin'
Folsom Prison blues [G] Tell me what I got to do
If they [E] freed me from this prison If that railroad train was [D] mine
[E] Bet I'd move it on A little further [Bm] down [Em] the line
[A] Far from Folsom [Em] Prison [A] That's where I'd wanna [E] stay
And [B] I'd let that lonesome whistle Blow [A] my blues [Em] away
I got three or four years to go Tell me, do you hear [D] that whistle [Em] blowin'
Folsom Prison blues Tell me what I got [D] to do
I [Em] got three or four years to go Tell me, do you hear [D] that whistle blowin'
[Em] Folsom Prison blues Tell me what I got to do
I got three or four years to go Tell me, do you hear [D] that whistle [Em] blowin'
Folsom Prison blues Tell me what I got to [D] do
I [Em] got three or four years to go Tell me, do you hear that whistle blowin'
[G]
[Em]
[A] [D]
[Em] [A] [D] I [E] hear the train a-comin' It's rollin' round [D] the bend
[E] And I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't [G] know when
[A] I'm stuck in Folsom Prison And time [D] keeps a [B]-dragging on
But that train keeps on rollin' On down [Bb] to San [E] Antonio
[D]
[Em] [Am] [D]
[E] When I was just a baby My mama told [D] me, son
[E] Always be a good [Em] boy Don't ever play [G] with guns
But [A] I shot a man in Reno Just [D] to watch [E] him [Em] die
[B] When I hear that whistle blowin' I hang my head [Em] and cry
[D]
[Em] [G] I [A] got three or four years to go Tell me, do you hear [D] that whistle blowin'
[Em] Folsom Prison blues [G] Tell me what I got to do
[E] I bet there's rich folks eatin' In a fancy dinin' [D] car
[E] They're probably drinkin' coffee And smokin' big cigars
But [A] I know I had it comin' I know I can't be [E] free
[Em] [B] But those people keep on movin' And that's [E] what tortures me
[Em] [E] [A] I [Em] got three or four years to go Tell me, do you hear [D] that whistle [Em] blowin'
Folsom Prison blues [G] Tell me what I got to do
If they [E] freed me from this prison If that railroad train was [D] mine
[E] Bet I'd move it on A little further [Bm] down [Em] the line
[A] Far from Folsom [Em] Prison [A] That's where I'd wanna [E] stay
And [B] I'd let that lonesome whistle Blow [A] my blues [Em] away
I got three or four years to go Tell me, do you hear [D] that whistle [Em] blowin'
Folsom Prison blues Tell me what I got [D] to do
I [Em] got three or four years to go Tell me, do you hear [D] that whistle blowin'
[Em] Folsom Prison blues Tell me what I got to do
I got three or four years to go Tell me, do you hear [D] that whistle [Em] blowin'
Folsom Prison blues Tell me what I got to [D] do
I [Em] got three or four years to go Tell me, do you hear that whistle blowin'
[G]
Key:
Em
D
E
A
G
Em
D
E
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] I [E] hear the train a-comin' It's rollin' round [D] the bend
[E] And I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't [G] know when
[A] I'm stuck in Folsom Prison And time [D] keeps a [B]-dragging on
_ _ _ _ But that train keeps on rollin' On down [Bb] to San [E] Antonio
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _
[E] When I was just a baby My mama told [D] me, son
[E] Always be a good [Em] boy Don't ever play [G] with guns
But [A] I shot a man in Reno Just [D] to watch [E] him [Em] die
_ _ _ _ [B] When I hear that whistle blowin' I hang my head [Em] and cry
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [G] I [A] got three or four years to go Tell me, do you hear [D] that whistle blowin'
[Em] Folsom Prison blues [G] Tell me what I got to do
[E] I bet there's rich folks eatin' In a fancy dinin' [D] car
[E] They're probably drinkin' coffee And smokin' big cigars
But [A] I know I had it comin' _ I know I can't be [E] free
[Em] _ _ _ [B] But those people keep on movin' And that's [E] what tortures me
_ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] I [Em] got three or four years to go Tell me, do you hear [D] that whistle [Em] blowin'
Folsom Prison blues [G] Tell me what I got to do
If they [E] freed me from this prison If that railroad train was [D] mine
[E] Bet I'd move it on A little further [Bm] down [Em] the line
[A] Far from Folsom [Em] Prison [A] That's where I'd wanna [E] stay
_ _ _ _ And [B] I'd let that lonesome whistle Blow [A] my blues [Em] away
I got three or four years to go Tell me, do you hear [D] that whistle [Em] blowin'
Folsom Prison blues Tell me what I got [D] to do
I [Em] got three or four years to go Tell me, do you hear [D] that whistle blowin'
[Em] Folsom Prison blues Tell me what I got to do
I got three or four years to go Tell me, do you hear [D] that whistle [Em] blowin'
Folsom Prison blues Tell me what I got to [D] do
I [Em] got three or four years to go Tell me, do you hear that whistle blowin'
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] I [E] hear the train a-comin' It's rollin' round [D] the bend
[E] And I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't [G] know when
[A] I'm stuck in Folsom Prison And time [D] keeps a [B]-dragging on
_ _ _ _ But that train keeps on rollin' On down [Bb] to San [E] Antonio
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _
[E] When I was just a baby My mama told [D] me, son
[E] Always be a good [Em] boy Don't ever play [G] with guns
But [A] I shot a man in Reno Just [D] to watch [E] him [Em] die
_ _ _ _ [B] When I hear that whistle blowin' I hang my head [Em] and cry
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [G] I [A] got three or four years to go Tell me, do you hear [D] that whistle blowin'
[Em] Folsom Prison blues [G] Tell me what I got to do
[E] I bet there's rich folks eatin' In a fancy dinin' [D] car
[E] They're probably drinkin' coffee And smokin' big cigars
But [A] I know I had it comin' _ I know I can't be [E] free
[Em] _ _ _ [B] But those people keep on movin' And that's [E] what tortures me
_ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] I [Em] got three or four years to go Tell me, do you hear [D] that whistle [Em] blowin'
Folsom Prison blues [G] Tell me what I got to do
If they [E] freed me from this prison If that railroad train was [D] mine
[E] Bet I'd move it on A little further [Bm] down [Em] the line
[A] Far from Folsom [Em] Prison [A] That's where I'd wanna [E] stay
_ _ _ _ And [B] I'd let that lonesome whistle Blow [A] my blues [Em] away
I got three or four years to go Tell me, do you hear [D] that whistle [Em] blowin'
Folsom Prison blues Tell me what I got [D] to do
I [Em] got three or four years to go Tell me, do you hear [D] that whistle blowin'
[Em] Folsom Prison blues Tell me what I got to do
I got three or four years to go Tell me, do you hear [D] that whistle [Em] blowin'
Folsom Prison blues Tell me what I got to [D] do
I [Em] got three or four years to go Tell me, do you hear that whistle blowin'
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _