Folsom Prison Blues • Original • Johnny Cash • 1955 Chords

[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ I hear the train a comin' It's rollin' around the bay
And I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when
[B] I'm stuck in Portland, France And time keeps [F#] draggin' on _
_ _ But [C#] that train keeps a-rollin' On down to San [F#] Antone
When I was just a baby My mama told me, son
Always be a good boy Don't ever play with guns
[B] But I shot a man in Reno _ Just to [F#] watch him die _ _ _ _
When I hear [C#] the whistle a-blowin' I hang my head [F#] and cry
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_ _ [A] _ _ [F#] _ I _ bet there's rich folks eatin' In a fancy-dinin' car
They're probably drinkin' coffee And smokin' big cigars
[B] But I know I had it comin' I know I [F#] can't be free _ _ _ _ _
But those [C#] people keep a-movin' And that's what's over [F#] Jersey _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ Well, if they'd free me from this prison If that railroad train was mine
I bet I'd move it on a little farther down the line
I'd take a breath, [B] a heart full of breath That's where I want [F#] to stay
And _ _ _ [C#] I'd lick that old some whiskers Blow [F#] my fears away
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