Chords for Folsom Prison Blues
Tempo:
101.8 bpm
Chords used:
F
C
Bb
Fm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F]
I hear the train a-comin', it's rollin' around 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 [C] that train keeps a-rollin'
on down to San [F] Antonio.
When I was just a baby, my mama told me, son, always be a good boy, don't ever play with [Bb] guns.
But I shot a man in Reno just to watch him [F] die.
When I hear [C] that whistle blowin', I hang my head [F] and cry.
[Fm]
[F]
[Bb]
[F]
[C]
[F] I bet there's rit boats eatin' in a fancy dinin' car.
They're probably drinkin' coffee and smokin' big cigars.
Well, I [Bb] know I had it comin', I know I [F] can't be free.
[C] But those people keep a-movin', and that's what [F] tortures me.
[Bb]
[F]
[C]
[F] Well, 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 I'd [C] let that lonesome whistle [F] blow my blues away.
[C] [F]
I hear the train a-comin', it's rollin' around 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 [C] that train keeps a-rollin'
on down to San [F] Antonio.
When I was just a baby, my mama told me, son, always be a good boy, don't ever play with [Bb] guns.
But I shot a man in Reno just to watch him [F] die.
When I hear [C] that whistle blowin', I hang my head [F] and cry.
[Fm]
[F]
[Bb]
[F]
[C]
[F] I bet there's rit boats eatin' in a fancy dinin' car.
They're probably drinkin' coffee and smokin' big cigars.
Well, I [Bb] know I had it comin', I know I [F] can't be free.
[C] But those people keep a-movin', and that's what [F] tortures me.
[Bb]
[F]
[C]
[F] Well, 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 I'd [C] let that lonesome whistle [F] blow my blues away.
[C] [F]
Key:
F
C
Bb
Fm
F
C
Bb
Fm
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ I hear the train a-comin', it's rollin' around 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 [C] that train keeps a-rollin'
on down to San [F] Antonio.
_ _ When I was just a baby, my mama told me, son, always be a good boy, don't ever play with [Bb] guns.
But I shot a man in Reno _ just to watch him [F] die.
_ _ _ _ When I hear [C] that whistle _ blowin', I hang my head [F] and cry.
_ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ I bet there's rit boats eatin' in a fancy dinin' car.
They're probably drinkin' coffee and smokin' big cigars.
Well, I [Bb] know I had it comin', I know I [F] can't be free.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] But those people keep a-movin', and that's what [F] tortures me. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ Well, 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 I'd [C] let that lonesome whistle _ [F] blow my blues away.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I hear the train a-comin', it's rollin' around 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 [C] that train keeps a-rollin'
on down to San [F] Antonio.
_ _ When I was just a baby, my mama told me, son, always be a good boy, don't ever play with [Bb] guns.
But I shot a man in Reno _ just to watch him [F] die.
_ _ _ _ When I hear [C] that whistle _ blowin', I hang my head [F] and cry.
_ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ I bet there's rit boats eatin' in a fancy dinin' car.
They're probably drinkin' coffee and smokin' big cigars.
Well, I [Bb] know I had it comin', I know I [F] can't be free.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] But those people keep a-movin', and that's what [F] tortures me. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ Well, 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 I'd [C] let that lonesome whistle _ [F] blow my blues away.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _