Folsom Prison Blues chords by Nat Stuckey

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Verse 1
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I
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hear that train
a comin' it's rollin' round the bend
But I ain't seen the sunshine since
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I don't know when
'Cause I'm stuck in Folsom Prison
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time keeps draggin' on
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But that train keeps a rollin'
on down to San Antone
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Verse 2
Well when I was just a baby
my mama told me son
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
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And when I hear that whistle blowin' I
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hang my head and I cry

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Interlude 1

Verse 3
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I'll bet there's rich folks eatin'
in some fancy dining car
They're probably drinkin' coffeee and
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smokin' big cigars
Well I know I had it comin' and I
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know I can't be free
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But those people keep a movin'
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and that's what tortures me

Verse 4
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Well if they freed me from this prison if
that railroad train was mine
I'll bet I'd move it on a little
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farther down the line
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Far from Folsom Prison that's
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where I want to stay
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Then I'd let that lonesome