Folsom Prison Blues chords by
Reb Allen
Reb Allen

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Key: E major
Verse 1
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I hear a train a -comin',
it's rollin' around the bend
And I ain't seen a sunshine since I don't
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know when I'm stuck in Folsom
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Prison and time keeps draggin' on
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But that train keep a -rollin' on
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down to San Antonio
When I was just a baby,
my mama told me, son
Always be a good boy
who 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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When I hear that whistle blowin'
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I hang my head and cry
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I'll bet there's rich folks eatin'
in fancy dinin' cars
They're probably drinkin' coffee
and smokin' big cigars
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But I know I had it comin'
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I know I can be free
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But those people keep on movin'
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And that's what tortures me
Well if they'd free me from this prison
And that railroad train was mine
I'd bet I'd move it on
A little further down the line
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Far from wholesome prison
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That's where I want to stay
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And I'd let that lonesome whistle
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blow my blues away
Outro 1
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