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Cash Johnny - Folsom Prison Blues guitar chord

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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 1 1 1 1

A 2 (B7) (B7) 2 (B7) (B7) 0h2 2 2 1 0

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

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Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash

(from "The Songs of Johnny Cash")

G

I hear the train a-comin'; it's rollin' 'round the bend,

G G7

And I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when,

C7 G

I'm stuck at Folsom Prison and time keeps draggin' on.

D7 G

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.

I think Cash' recording goes E - A - B7, otherwise this is correct, of course.

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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 1 1 1 1

A 2 (B7) (B7) 2 (B7) (B7) 0h2 2 2 1 0

E 2 2 2b3b2 0

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