Song Name: | Folsom Prison Blues | By: | Johnny Cash |
Posted By: | WaltP | Difficulty: | Any |
Key: | G | Genre: | Blues |
Harp Type: | Diatonic | ||
Created: | 2009-11-06 16:11:02 | Modified: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
Song: | FOLSOM PRISON BLUES
By Johnny Cash Key: G 4 5 5 -5 6 4 4 I hear that train a-com-in' 4 5 5 -5 6 4 It's rol-lin' 'round the bend, 4 5 5 -5 5 6 4 And I ain't seen the sun-shine, 4 -4 5 4 -4 4 Since, I don't know when, -44 -4 4 -4 4 -4 4 I'm stuck in Fol-som Pri-son, -4 -4 4 -4 4 -4 3 And time keeps drag-gin' on, 4 4 -4 -4 4 -4 3 But that train keeps a-rol-lin', 3 3 3 3 2 1 On down to San An-tone. When I was just a baby, My Mama told me, "Son, Always be a good boy, Don't ever play with guns," But I shot a man in Reno, Just to watch him die, When I hear that whistle blowin', I hang my head and cry. I bet there's rich folks eatin', In a fancy dining car, They're probably drinkin' coffee, And smokin' big cigars, But I know I had it comin', I know I can't be free, But those people keep a-movin', And that's what tortures me. Well, if they freed me from this prison, If that railroad train was mine, I bet I'd move out over a little, Farther down the line, Far from Folsom Prison, That's where I want to stay, And I'd let that lonesome whistle, Blow my Blues away. |