Folsom Prison Blues chords by Framing The Red

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Verse 1
G 
C 
 (G major)  (C major) 
G 
C 
I  (G major) hear  (C major) that train a -comin',
it's comin' around the bend
I ain't seen the sunshine
since I don't know when
Cm 
F 
 (C minor) An  d I'm  (F major) stuck in Bolton Prison,
C 
and time keeps drag (C major) ging on
G 
Yeah, I  (G major) hear that train a -rollin'
F 
C 
 (F major) Slow down to San  (C major) Antone
When I was just a baby
My mama told me, son
Always be a good boy
Eb 
Don't fuck around with gun (E flat major) s
F 
But  (F major) I shot a man in Reno
C 
Just to watch the watchin' die  (C major) 
Eb 
G 
When  (E flat major)  (G major) I hear that whistle blowin'
F 
C 
G 
C 
 (F major) I  hang my head and  (C major) cry  (G major)  (C major) 
I bet there's rich folks eatin'
G 
C 
in that fancy din (G major) ing car  (C major) 
Probably drinkin' Bud Light
and smokin' weed scars
F 
But I  (F major) knew I had it comin'
C 
G 
I know I can't  (C major) be free  (G major) 
C 
G 
 (C major) Yeah, will those  (G major) people
keep a -movin'?
F 
C 
 (F major) Nights will torture  (C major) me
Will they free me from this prison
And that railroad train was mine?
I'll load it up
and I'll move it all the way down that line
Eb 
F 
 (E flat major) For  (F major) all intervals of prison
C 
That's where I wanna want  (C major) to stay
Eb 
G 
God,  (E flat major)  (G major) let that lonesome whistle
F 
C 
G 
C 
G 
C 
blow  (F major) my blues  (C major) away  (G major)  (C major)  (G major)  (C major) 
F 
 (F major) 
C 
G 
 (C major)  (G major) 
F 
C 
 (F major)  (C major) 
I bet there's rich folks eatin'
G 
C 
in that fancy din (G major) in'  (C major) car
Probably drinkin' coffee
and smokin' big cigars
F 
But I  (F major) knew I had it comin'
C 
I know I can't  (C major) be free
G 
Yeah, well, those  (G major) people keep movin'
F 
C 
 (F major) That's what taught us  (C major) me
If they freed me from this prison
And that railroad train was mine
I'd load it up,
I'd move it all the way down that line
Eb 
F 
 (E flat major) For  (F major) all the evils of prison
C 
That's where I wanna,  (C major) to stay
G 
Yeah,  (G major) I'd let that lonesome whistle
F 
Blow  (F major) my blues away