Folsom Prison Blues chords by
Dick Nolan

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Key: E major

Verse 1
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I hear that train a comin',
it's rollin' round the bend
I ain't seen the sunshine
since I don't know when
G G 
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Well I'm stuck at Folsom Prison,
D D 
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and time keeps draggin' on
A A 
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And I  hear that lonesome whistle
D D 
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On down through San Antone
Well I bet there's rich folks eatin'
In a fancy dinin' car
They're probably drinkin' coffee
And smokin' big cigars
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But I know I had it coming
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I know I can't be free
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But those people keep a -movin'
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G G 
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And that's what tortures me
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A A 
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Well, when I was just a baby,
my mama told me,
always be a good boy,
don't ever play with guns.
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But I shot a man in Reno
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just to watch him die.
A A 
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Now when I hear that lonesome whistle,
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G G 
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I hang my head and I cry
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A A 
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Well, if they freed me from this prison,
if that railroad train was mine
I guess I'd move it on
a little farther down the line
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Far from foes and prison,
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that's where I'll always stay
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Now when I hear that lonesome whistle,
it'll roll my blues away
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