Chords for Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison blues - Live at San Quentin
Tempo:
127.95 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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We want to thank the officials at San Quentin, the prison, all the guards here for helping us out, [Bb] the warden, everyone, I [N] appreciate it.
Oh, you don't really mean it.
[N] No, thank you.
right.
drink of water?
Yeah.
Oh, man.
something you got there doing a discography, whatever that is, on Johnny Cash Records down at
Oh, you don't really mean it.
[N] No, thank you.
right.
drink of water?
Yeah.
Oh, man.
something you got there doing a discography, whatever that is, on Johnny Cash Records down at
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We want to thank the officials at San Quentin, the prison, all the guards here for helping us out, [Bb] the warden, everyone, I [N] appreciate it. _ _ _
Oh, you don't really mean _ _ _ _ _ _ _ it.
Hey!
_ [Bb] _
_ _ [N] No, thank you.
All right.
_ _ _ Yeah, water, yeah, can I have a drink of water? _ _ _ _ _
Yeah.
_ Huh?
Is the water bad here?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Oh, man.
_ _ Hey, you know something you got there doing a discography, whatever that is, on Johnny Cash Records down _ _ at_
_ [E] _
_ Hey, you want to hear a good line?
[N] They serve everything in tin cups around here. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ My what? _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
That's the second song from now.
_ A third song from now.
_ Hey, you think I didn't get water in a tin cup?
Listen.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Okay.
_ [F] _ Hello, [C] I'm Johnny Cash. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I want to tell you about the three fellas that make the great sound behind me.
Two of them have been with me for about 13 years.
There's Marshall Grant _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
from Jackson, Tennessee, W.S. Holland, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
and just recently joining our group from Tulsa, Oklahoma, Bob Wooden. _ _ _ _
_ _ I hear the train a-comin', it's rollin' round the bend, and I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know [Bb] when.
I'm stuck and pulled from prison, [F] and time keeps draggin' on. _
_ _ _ [C] But that train keeps a-rollin' on down the [F] Sinai Thorn. _
_ When I was just a baby, my mama told me, son, always be a good boy, don't ever play with guns.
But [Bb] I shot a man in Reno _
[F] just to watch him die. _ _ _
_ _ [B] When [C] I hear that whistle blowin', I hang my [F] head and cry. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Yeah, brother! _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] All happy week!
_ Yeah, class sweet!
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] Yeah!
[F] _ _ _
I bet there's rich folks eatin' in a fancy dinin' car.
They're probably drinkin' coffee and smokin' big [Gm] cigars.
Well, I [F] know I had it comin'.
I know [Bb] I [F] can't be free. _ _ _ _
_ [C] But those people keep a _ -movin', and that's what [F] tortures me.
Say it one more time! _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ Freedom! _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ Well, if they'd freed me from this prison, if that railroad train was mine,
then I'd move it on a little farther down the line.
[Bb] Far from Folsom Prison, that's where I [F] want to stay. _ _ _
_ _ [C] And I'd let that lonesome whistle _ blow my blues [F] away.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Oh, you don't really mean _ _ _ _ _ _ _ it.
Hey!
_ [Bb] _
_ _ [N] No, thank you.
All right.
_ _ _ Yeah, water, yeah, can I have a drink of water? _ _ _ _ _
Yeah.
_ Huh?
Is the water bad here?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Oh, man.
_ _ Hey, you know something you got there doing a discography, whatever that is, on Johnny Cash Records down _ _ at_
_ [E] _
_ Hey, you want to hear a good line?
[N] They serve everything in tin cups around here. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ My what? _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
That's the second song from now.
_ A third song from now.
_ Hey, you think I didn't get water in a tin cup?
Listen.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Okay.
_ [F] _ Hello, [C] I'm Johnny Cash. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I want to tell you about the three fellas that make the great sound behind me.
Two of them have been with me for about 13 years.
There's Marshall Grant _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
from Jackson, Tennessee, W.S. Holland, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
and just recently joining our group from Tulsa, Oklahoma, Bob Wooden. _ _ _ _
_ _ I hear the train a-comin', it's rollin' round the bend, and I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know [Bb] when.
I'm stuck and pulled from prison, [F] and time keeps draggin' on. _
_ _ _ [C] But that train keeps a-rollin' on down the [F] Sinai Thorn. _
_ When I was just a baby, my mama told me, son, always be a good boy, don't ever play with guns.
But [Bb] I shot a man in Reno _
[F] just to watch him die. _ _ _
_ _ [B] When [C] I hear that whistle blowin', I hang my [F] head and cry. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Yeah, brother! _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] All happy week!
_ Yeah, class sweet!
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] Yeah!
[F] _ _ _
I bet there's rich folks eatin' in a fancy dinin' car.
They're probably drinkin' coffee and smokin' big [Gm] cigars.
Well, I [F] know I had it comin'.
I know [Bb] I [F] can't be free. _ _ _ _
_ [C] But those people keep a _ -movin', and that's what [F] tortures me.
Say it one more time! _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ Freedom! _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ Well, if they'd freed me from this prison, if that railroad train was mine,
then I'd move it on a little farther down the line.
[Bb] Far from Folsom Prison, that's where I [F] want to stay. _ _ _
_ _ [C] And I'd let that lonesome whistle _ blow my blues [F] away.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _