Folsom Prison Blues Johnny Cash
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Subject: "Fulsom Prison Blues"
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This is a rough version of
"Fulsom Prison Blues" - Johnny Cash
h = hammer
p = pull off
b = bend
(B7) = chord
INTRO and END ...
e
[b]
[G]D 1 1 Verse = e A B7
A 2 2 2 2 alternate pick / downstrum
E 3b4b3 0 ie. pick 5th / down /
pick 6th / down
SOLO ...
e 7 9p7 10 7 7 9p7 9b10b9
B 8h9 8h9
G x 2
[D]
[A]e
e 7 6 5 5 5 5 9 5 12 11 12 11
[B] [5] [5] [5] [5]
[G] [6] [6] [6] [6] [6] [6]
[D]
[A]e
e
[b]
[G]D 0h2 2 2 2 0h2 2
A 2 0h2 2 0 1
E 0 0 0 0 4
e
[b]
[G]
[D]A 2 (B7) (B7) 2 (B7) (B7) 0h2 2 [1] 2 [1] 1 [1] 0[1]
E 2 2 2b3b2 0
Marc,
I don't know how many of these songs you will be familiar with so I'll include words
for ones that are like this. A lot are words with chords over them.
Johnny Cash does this in E.
e
I hear the train a comin' it's rollin 'round the bend
and I a'int seen the sunshine since I don't know when
A e
I'm stuck in Folsom Prison, and time keeps draggin' on.
B7 e
But that train keeps a movin' on down to-San-An-Tone
(same pattern for all verses)
When I was just a baby my mame 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 heat the whistle blowin' I hang my head and cry.
Well, if they freed me fom this prison, if that railroad train was mine
I bet I'd move it all a little farther down the line
Far from Fulsom Prison, that's where I want to stay
And I'd let that lonsome whistle, blow my blues away
From: kra9493@acf6.acf.nyu.edu
Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash
(from "The Songs of Johnny Cash")
I [G]hear the train a-comin'; it's rollin' 'round the bend,
An[G]d I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know [G7]when,
I'm [C7]stuck at Folsom Prison and time keeps draggin' [G]on.
But that [D7]train keeps a-rollin' on down to San An[G]tone.
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.j.strom@ub.uio.no (Trond J. Stroem)
I think Cash' recording goes E - A - B7, otherwise this is correct, of course.
[--]
From: colton@bnr.ca (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
(B7) = chord
INTRO and END ...
e
[b]
[G]D 1 1 Verse = e A B7
A 2 2 2 2 alternate pick / downstrum
E 3b4b3 0 ie. pick 5th / down /
pick 6th / down
SOLO ...
e 7 9p7 10 7 7 9p7 9b10b9
B 8h9 8h9
G x 2
[D]
[A]e
e 7 6 5 5 5 5 9 5 12 11 12 11
[B] [5] [5] [5] [5]
[G] [6] [6] [6] [6] [6] [6]
[D]
[A]e
e
[b]
[G]D 0h2 2 2 2 0h2 2
A 2 0h2 2 0 1
E 0 0 0 0 4
e
[b]
[G]
[D]A 2 (B7) (B7) 2 (B7) (B7) 0h2 2 [1] 2 [1] 1 [1] 0[1]
E 2 2 2b3b2 0
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