Chords for The Highwaymen - Folsom Prison Blues (American Outlaws: Live at Nassau Coliseum, 1990)
Tempo:
107.65 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
A
F#m
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B] [E]
I hear the train a-comin', it's rollin' around the bend
I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know [F#m] when
[A] I'm stuck in Folsom Prison, and time keeps [E] draggin' on
[B] But that train keeps a-rollin' on down to [E] Salmon's Hole
When I was just a baby, my mama told me, son
Always be a good boy, don't ever play with guns
[A] But I shot a man in Reno just to watch [E] him die
[B] When I hear that whistle blowin', I hang my [E] head and cry
I [E]
[E]
[A]
[E]
[B]
[E] bet there's rich folks eatin' in a fancy dinin' car
They're probably drinkin' coffee and smokin' big cigars
[A] Well, I know I had it comin', I know I can't [E] be free
But [B] those people keep a-movin', and that's what [E] torturers need
Well,
[E]
[A]
[E]
[B]
[E] if they freed me from this prison, if that railroad train was mine
Then I'd move it on a little farther down the line
[A] Far from Folsom Prison, that's where I want [E] to stay
And [B] I'd let that lonesome whistle [F#m] blow [B] my blues [E] away
[B] [E]
I hear the train a-comin', it's rollin' around the bend
I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know [F#m] when
[A] I'm stuck in Folsom Prison, and time keeps [E] draggin' on
[B] But that train keeps a-rollin' on down to [E] Salmon's Hole
When I was just a baby, my mama told me, son
Always be a good boy, don't ever play with guns
[A] But I shot a man in Reno just to watch [E] him die
[B] When I hear that whistle blowin', I hang my [E] head and cry
I [E]
[E]
[A]
[E]
[B]
[E] bet there's rich folks eatin' in a fancy dinin' car
They're probably drinkin' coffee and smokin' big cigars
[A] Well, I know I had it comin', I know I can't [E] be free
But [B] those people keep a-movin', and that's what [E] torturers need
Well,
[E]
[A]
[E]
[B]
[E] if they freed me from this prison, if that railroad train was mine
Then I'd move it on a little farther down the line
[A] Far from Folsom Prison, that's where I want [E] to stay
And [B] I'd let that lonesome whistle [F#m] blow [B] my blues [E] away
[B] [E]
Key:
E
B
A
F#m
Am
E
B
A
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ I hear the train a-comin', it's rollin' around the bend
I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know [F#m] when
[A] I'm stuck in Folsom Prison, and time keeps [E] draggin' on _ _ _ _
_ [B] But that train keeps a-rollin' on down to [E] Salmon's Hole
_ When I was just a baby, my mama told me, son
Always be a good boy, don't ever play with guns
[A] But I shot a man in Reno just to watch [E] him die
_ _ _ _ _ [B] When I hear that whistle blowin', I hang my [E] head and cry
_ _ I _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ bet there's rich folks eatin' in a fancy dinin' car
They're probably drinkin' coffee and smokin' big cigars
[A] Well, I know I had it comin', I know I can't [E] be free
_ But _ _ [B] those people keep a-movin', and that's what [E] torturers need
_ Well, _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ if they freed me from this prison, if that railroad train was mine
Then I'd move it on a little farther down the line
[A] Far from Folsom Prison, _ that's where I want [E] to stay
And _ _ [B] I'd let that lonesome whistle [F#m] blow [B] my blues [E] away _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I hear the train a-comin', it's rollin' around the bend
I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know [F#m] when
[A] I'm stuck in Folsom Prison, and time keeps [E] draggin' on _ _ _ _
_ [B] But that train keeps a-rollin' on down to [E] Salmon's Hole
_ When I was just a baby, my mama told me, son
Always be a good boy, don't ever play with guns
[A] But I shot a man in Reno just to watch [E] him die
_ _ _ _ _ [B] When I hear that whistle blowin', I hang my [E] head and cry
_ _ I _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ bet there's rich folks eatin' in a fancy dinin' car
They're probably drinkin' coffee and smokin' big cigars
[A] Well, I know I had it comin', I know I can't [E] be free
_ But _ _ [B] those people keep a-movin', and that's what [E] torturers need
_ Well, _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ if they freed me from this prison, if that railroad train was mine
Then I'd move it on a little farther down the line
[A] Far from Folsom Prison, _ that's where I want [E] to stay
And _ _ [B] I'd let that lonesome whistle [F#m] blow [B] my blues [E] away _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _