Folsom Prison Blues Johnny Cash
Intro:
Guitar One:
E|-------|---------|-------|---0-----|---------|---| B|-------|---0---0-|---0---|---0-----|---------|---| G|-------|---2---2-|---2---|---1-----|---------|---| D|-------|-1---1---|---1---|-------2-|---2---2-|---| A|-2-2-2-|---------|-2-----|-----2---|-----2---|---| E|-------|---------|-----2b|-0-------|-0-------|---|
Guitar Two (Johnny):
E|-|---------|-----------|---0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---| B|-|---0---0-|---0-0---0-|---0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---| G|-|---2---2-|---2-2---2-|---1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|---| D|-|---1---1-|---1-1---1-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|---| A|-|-2---2---|-2-----2---|-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|---| E|-|---------|-----------|-0-----------|---------------|---|
Guitar Two just strums the chords throughout the whole song while Guitar One plays an
bass line (shown in measure five of the intro)
[E]I hear the train a-comin' It's rollin' 'round the bend and I ain't seen the
sunshine since I don't know whe[E7]n I'm [A]stuck in Folsom Prison and time keeps
draggin' on[E] But that [B7]train keeps a-rollin' on down to San Antone[E]
Same 12-bar chord progression throughout the all of the verses:
Verse 2: When I was just a baby my mama told me "Son Always be a good boy Don't ever
with guns" But I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die When I heaer that whistle blowin'
hang my head and cry
Verse 3:I bet there's rich folks eatin' In a fancy dinin' car They're prob'ly drinkin'
and smokin' big cigars Well I know I had it comini' I know I can't be free But those
keep a-movin' and that's what tortures me
Verse 4: If they freed me from this prison If that railroad train was mine I bet I'd
it on a little farther down the line Far from Folsom Prison That's where I want tostay And
let that lonesome whistle blow my blues a-way
After verses 2 and 3 there is a solo:
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/johnny_cash/folsom_prison_blues_tab_ver_4.html )
E|-------|-----7--10--7--10--|--7----|-----7--10--7--10--|----|-----| B|-----8/|--9----------------|-----8/|--9----------------|--8/|-----| G|-------|-------------------|-------|-------------------|----|-----| D|-------|-------------------|-------|-------------------|----|-----| A|-------|-------------------|-------|-------------------|----|-----| E|--0----|-------------------|-------|-------------------|----|-----| E|-----7--10--7--10--|--7----|-----7--10--7--10--|--7--------|-----| B|--9----------------|-----8/|--9----------------|-----9-----|-----| G|-------------------|-------|-------------------|--------9--|-----| D|-------------------|-------|-------------------|-----------|-----| A|-------------------|-------|-------------------|-----------|-----| E|-------------------|-------|-------------------|-----------|-----| E|--------5--5--|--------5--0-----|--------5--0-----|---------9--0--------| B|-----2--2--2--|-----2--2-----0--|-----5--------0--|-----10--------0-----| G|-----2--------|-----2-----------|--6--------------|--9------------------| D|-----2--------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------| A|--0-----------|--0--------------|-----------------|---------------------| E|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------| E|-----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----| B|-----0--0-----0--|-----0--0-----0--|-----0--0-----0--|-----| G|-----1--1--------|-----1--1--------|-----1--1--------|-----| D|-----2--2--------|-----2--2--------|-----2--2--------|-----| A|-----2--2--------|-----2--2--------|-----2--2--------|-----| E|--0--------------|--0--------------|--0--------------|-----| E|--------0--0-----|--------2--2-----|--------2--2-----|--------------|-----| B|-----0--0--0-----|--------0--0-----|--------0--0-----|-----0-----0--|-----| G|-----1--1-----1--|-----2--2--2--2--|-----2--2--2--2--|-----2-----2--|-----| D|-----2-----------|-----1-----------|-----1-----------|-----1-----1--|-----| A|-----2-----------|--2--------------|--2--------------|--2-----2-----|-----| E|--0--------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|-----| E|----------|--------------0--0--|--------------0--0--|-----| B|----------|--------0-----0-----|-----------0--0-----|-----| G|-----0----|--------------------|--------------------|-----| D|-----0----|-----2--------------|-----2--------------|-----| A|--1-------|-----------2--------|--------2-----------|-----| E|--------2b|--0-----------------|--0-----------------|-----|
The outro is basically the same as the intro and end on an E chord.
Tabbed by: Richard L. of CO
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