Folsom Prison Blues (ver. 2)
Johnny Cash
I hear the train a-comin’; it’s rollin’ ’round the bend And I ain’t seen the sunshine since I don’t know when I’m stuck at Folsom Prison and time keeps draggin’ on. But that train keeps a-rollin’ on down to San Antone. 2. When I was just a baby my momma 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. 3. I bet there’s rich folk eatin’in a fancy dining car. They’re prob’ly 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. 4. Well if they freed me from this prison if that railroad train was mine I bet I’d move it all 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. From: t[email protected] (Trond J. Stroem) I think Cash’ recording goes - - otherwise this is correct of course. -- From: [email protected] (Kevin Colton) Subject: TAB: Fulsom Prison Blues Well no one has requested this but here are the riffs from Johnny Cash’s "Fulsom Prison Blues". I’d like to see tab/chords for any of his other songs particularly "Ring of Fire." All mistakes are mine alone ... Kevin h = hammer p = pull off b = bend () = chord INTRO and END ... e 1 1 Verse = 2 2 2 2 alternate pick / downstrum 3b4b3 0 ie. pick 5th / down / pick 6th / down SOLO ... e 7 9p7 10 7 7 9p7 9b10b9 8h9 8h9 x 2 e 7 6 5 5 5 5 9 5 12 11 12 11 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 e 0h2 2 2 2 0h2 2 2 0h2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 e 1 1 1 1 2 () () 2 () () 0h2 2 2 1 0 2 2 2b3b2 0