Folsom Prison Blues Chords by Johnny Cash
Tempo:
111.85 bpm
Chords used:
F
C
Bb
Fm
Cm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Hello, I'm Johnny Cash.
[C] [Gm] [F]
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
[Bb] I'm stuck in Folsom Prison
And time keeps [F] draggin' on
But that [C] train keeps rollin'
On down to [F] San Antonio
When I was just a baby
My mama told me, son
Always be a good boy
Don't ever play with [Cm] guns
[Bb] But I shot a man in Reno
Just to watch [F] him die
When [C] I hear that whistle blowin'
I hang my head [F] and cry
[Fm] I
[F] [Bb]
[Fm]
[C]
[G] [F]
bet there's rich folks eatin'
From fancy dinin' cars
They're probably drinkin' coffee
And smokin' big [Bb] cigars
Well, I know I had it comin'
I know I [F] can't be free
But [C] those people keep a-movin'
And that's what [F] sorcerers do
[Fm]
Well, [Cm]
[Fm] [Cm] [Bb]
[Fm]
[C]
[G] [F]
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
[Bb] Far from Folsom Prison
That's where I want [F] to stay
And [C] I'd let that lonesome whistle
Blow my [F] blues away
[C] [F]
[C] [Gm] [F]
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
[Bb] I'm stuck in Folsom Prison
And time keeps [F] draggin' on
But that [C] train keeps rollin'
On down to [F] San Antonio
When I was just a baby
My mama told me, son
Always be a good boy
Don't ever play with [Cm] guns
[Bb] But I shot a man in Reno
Just to watch [F] him die
When [C] I hear that whistle blowin'
I hang my head [F] and cry
[Fm] I
[F] [Bb]
[Fm]
[C]
[G] [F]
bet there's rich folks eatin'
From fancy dinin' cars
They're probably drinkin' coffee
And smokin' big [Bb] cigars
Well, I know I had it comin'
I know I [F] can't be free
But [C] those people keep a-movin'
And that's what [F] sorcerers do
[Fm]
Well, [Cm]
[Fm] [Cm] [Bb]
[Fm]
[C]
[G] [F]
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
[Bb] Far from Folsom Prison
That's where I want [F] to stay
And [C] I'd let that lonesome whistle
Blow my [F] blues away
[C] [F]
Key:
F
C
Bb
Fm
Cm
F
C
Bb
Hello, I'm Johnny Cash. _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [F] _
_ _ 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
[Bb] I'm stuck in Folsom Prison
And time keeps [F] draggin' on _ _
_ _ _ But that [C] train keeps rollin'
On down to [F] San Antonio _ _
When I was just a baby
My mama told me, son
Always be a good boy
Don't ever play with [Cm] guns
[Bb] But I shot a man in Reno
Just to watch [F] him die
When _ _ _ [C] I hear that whistle blowin'
I hang my head [F] and cry
[Fm] I _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [F] _ _ _
_ bet there's rich folks eatin'
From fancy dinin' cars
They're probably drinkin' coffee
And smokin' big [Bb] cigars
Well, I know I had it comin'
_ I know I [F] can't be free
_ But _ _ _ [C] those people keep a-movin'
And that's what [F] sorcerers do
_ [Fm] _ _
Well, _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [F] _ _ _
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
[Bb] Far from Folsom Prison
That's where I want [F] to stay
And _ _ [C] I'd let that lonesome whistle
Blow my [F] blues away
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [F] _
_ _ 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
[Bb] I'm stuck in Folsom Prison
And time keeps [F] draggin' on _ _
_ _ _ But that [C] train keeps rollin'
On down to [F] San Antonio _ _
When I was just a baby
My mama told me, son
Always be a good boy
Don't ever play with [Cm] guns
[Bb] But I shot a man in Reno
Just to watch [F] him die
When _ _ _ [C] I hear that whistle blowin'
I hang my head [F] and cry
[Fm] I _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [F] _ _ _
_ bet there's rich folks eatin'
From fancy dinin' cars
They're probably drinkin' coffee
And smokin' big [Bb] cigars
Well, I know I had it comin'
_ I know I [F] can't be free
_ But _ _ _ [C] those people keep a-movin'
And that's what [F] sorcerers do
_ [Fm] _ _
Well, _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [F] _ _ _
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
[Bb] Far from Folsom Prison
That's where I want [F] to stay
And _ _ [C] I'd let that lonesome whistle
Blow my [F] blues away
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _