Chords for Johnny Trouble Trio Folsom Prison Blues
Tempo:
115.1 bpm
Chords used:
F
C
Bb
Am
Fm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Start Jamming...
[C] [F] I hear the train a-cooin', it's rollin' round the bend, and I see the sunshine, since that old man, [Bb] that's heard it for the prison, and I keep [F] stridin' on, [C] while that train keeps a-rollin' on round the sand.
[F]
When I was just a baby, my mama told me, son, [Am] always be a good boy, and don't ever play with guns, but [Bb] I shot a man in Reno, just to wash [F] him down, [C] when I hear that whistle blowin', I ain't like it, it [F] ain't right.
[Fm] [F]
[Bb]
[F]
[C]
[F]
I fed his friends both seasons, made a fancy diner kind, and they'd probably drink a coffee, or smoke and drink cigars, [Bb] but I know I get it coming, I know I can't [F] be free, [C] but those people keep a-movin', maybe that's what those [F] years mean.
[Dm] [Bb]
[F] Well, if [C]
[F]
they'd freed me from this prison, that rare, savage man, I bet I should've been on a little fun tonight, [Bb] if I'd performed a prison move, I swear I won't [F] do it, [C] when I'd left that old man, where will my blues [F] go?
[C] [F]
[F]
When I was just a baby, my mama told me, son, [Am] always be a good boy, and don't ever play with guns, but [Bb] I shot a man in Reno, just to wash [F] him down, [C] when I hear that whistle blowin', I ain't like it, it [F] ain't right.
[Fm] [F]
[Bb]
[F]
[C]
[F]
I fed his friends both seasons, made a fancy diner kind, and they'd probably drink a coffee, or smoke and drink cigars, [Bb] but I know I get it coming, I know I can't [F] be free, [C] but those people keep a-movin', maybe that's what those [F] years mean.
[Dm] [Bb]
[F] Well, if [C]
[F]
they'd freed me from this prison, that rare, savage man, I bet I should've been on a little fun tonight, [Bb] if I'd performed a prison move, I swear I won't [F] do it, [C] when I'd left that old man, where will my blues [F] go?
[C] [F]
Key:
F
C
Bb
Am
Fm
F
C
Bb
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ I hear the train a-cooin', it's rollin' round the bend, and I see the sunshine, since that old man, [Bb] that's heard it for the prison, and I keep [F] stridin' on, _ _ _ _ _ [C] while that train keeps a-rollin' on round the sand.
[F] _ _
_ When I was just a baby, my mama told me, son, _ [Am] always be a good boy, and don't ever play with guns, but [Bb] I shot a man in Reno, just to wash [F] him down, _ _ _ _ [C] when I hear that whistle blowin', I ain't like it, it [F] ain't right.
_ [Fm] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ I fed his friends both seasons, made a fancy diner kind, and they'd probably drink a coffee, or smoke and drink cigars, [Bb] but I know I get it coming, I know I can't [F] be free, _ _ _ _ _ [C] but those people keep a-movin', maybe that's what those [F] years mean. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] Well, if _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ they'd freed me from this prison, that rare, savage man, I bet I should've been on a little fun tonight, [Bb] if I'd performed a prison move, I swear I won't [F] do it, _ _ _ _ _ [C] when I'd left that old man, _ where will my blues [F] go?
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _
_ When I was just a baby, my mama told me, son, _ [Am] always be a good boy, and don't ever play with guns, but [Bb] I shot a man in Reno, just to wash [F] him down, _ _ _ _ [C] when I hear that whistle blowin', I ain't like it, it [F] ain't right.
_ [Fm] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ I fed his friends both seasons, made a fancy diner kind, and they'd probably drink a coffee, or smoke and drink cigars, [Bb] but I know I get it coming, I know I can't [F] be free, _ _ _ _ _ [C] but those people keep a-movin', maybe that's what those [F] years mean. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] Well, if _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ they'd freed me from this prison, that rare, savage man, I bet I should've been on a little fun tonight, [Bb] if I'd performed a prison move, I swear I won't [F] do it, _ _ _ _ _ [C] when I'd left that old man, _ where will my blues [F] go?
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _