{title: Folsom Prison blues} {artist: Johnny Cash} {time: 4/4} {tempo: 103} {key: F} {meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06} {start_of_part: Intro} [C7] [F] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 1} I [F]hear the train a comin', it's rollin' 'round the bend and I ain't seen the sunshine since, [F7] I don't know when I'm [Bb]stuck in Folsom prison and time keeps draggin' [F]on but that [C]train keeps a-rollin' on down to San An[F]tone {end_of_verse} {start_of_verse: Verse 2} when [F]I was just a baby, my mama told me, son always be a good boy, don't [F7]ever play with guns but I [Bb]shot a man in Reno just to watch him [F]die when I [C]hear that whistle blowin' I hang my head and [F]cry {end_of_verse} {start_of_part: Link} [F] [Bb] [Bb7] [F] [C] [F] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 3} I [F]bet there's rich folks eatin' in a fancy dining car they're probably drinkin' coffee and [F7]smokin' big cigars but I [Bb]know I had it comin', I know I can't be [F]free but those [C]people keep a-movin' and that's what tortures [F]me {end_of_verse} {start_of_part: Link} [F] [Bb] [Bb7] [F] [C] [F] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 4} well, if they [F]freed me from this prison, if that railroad train was mine I bet I'd move it on a little [F7]farther down the line [Bb]far from Folsom prison that's where I want to [F]stay and I'd [C]let that lonesome whistle blow my blues a[F]way {end_of_verse} {start_of_part: Outtro} [C7] [F] {end_of_part}