Artist: Johnny Cash    Genre: Country    Tempo: 4/4, train like tempo    Roman Numerals: I, IV, V7    Instrument: Guitar - Standard Tuning [E,A,D,G,B,E]    Entered by: ICDb   
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E (E,G♯,B) E B E G♯ B E

A (A,C♯,E) - A E A C♯ E

B7 (B,D♯,F♯,A) - B D♯ A B F♯

Verse 1

I	[EMajor Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Unison] hear the train a comin'

It's	[EMajor Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Unison] rollin' 'round the bend,

And	[EMajor Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Unison] I ain't seen the sunshine,

Since,

[EMajor Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Unison] I don't know when,

I'm	[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Fourth] stuck in Folsom Prison,

And

[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Fourth] time keeps draggin'

[EMajor Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Unison] on,

But that

[B7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7) on the Perfect Fifth] train keeps a-rollin',

On

[B7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7) on the Perfect Fifth] down to San An

[EMajor Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Unison] tone.

Verse 2

When	[EMajor Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Unison] I was just a baby,

My	[EMajor Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Unison] mama told me, "Son,

Always be a good boy,

Don't

[EMajor Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Unison] ever play with guns,"

But I

[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Fourth] shot a man in Reno,

[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Fourth] Just to watch him

[EMajor Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Unison] die,

When I

[B7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7) on the Perfect Fifth] hear that whistle blowin',

I

[B7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7) on the Perfect Fifth] hang my head and

[EMajor Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Unison] cry.

Verse 3

I	[EMajor Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Unison] bet there's rich folks eatin',

In a	[EMajor Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Unison] fancy dining car,

They're

[EMajor Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Unison] probably drinkin' coffee,

And	[EMajor Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Unison] smokin' big cigars,

But I

[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Fourth] know I had it comin',

I

[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Fourth] know I can't be

[EMajor Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Unison] free,

But	[B7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7) on the Perfect Fifth] those people keep a-movin',

And

[B7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7) on the Perfect Fifth] that's what tortures

[EMajor Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Unison] me.

Verse 4

Well,

[EMajor Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Unison] if they freed me from this prison,

If that

[EMajor Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Unison] railroad train was mine,

I	[EMajor Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Unison] bet I'd move it on

a li'l

[EMajor Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Unison] farther down the line,

[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Fourth] Far from Folsom Prison,

That's

[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Fourth] where I want to

[EMajor Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Unison] stay,

And I'd

[B7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7) on the Perfect Fifth] let that lonesome whistle,

[B7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7) on the Perfect Fifth] Blow my Blues a

[EMajor Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Unison] way.