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Merle Haggard - Folsom Prison Blues Chords

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Folsom Prison Blues Chords

(ver. 1)
Merle Haggard
Folsom Prison Blues
J. Cash
NOTE: I don't do actual tablature very often, so sorry if the lick is hard to read.
You probably know it anyways.


CAPO II


INTRO LICK:

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4---------------1---1-----------------|
5--2---2---2-------------2------------|
6-----------------------------2b---0--|


INTRO: E

  E
I hear that train a-comin, it's comin' around the bend
E
I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when
    A                                               E    
I'm locked in Folsom Prison and time keeps draggin' on
      B7                                         E
And I hear that train a-rollin' on down to San Antone


When I was just a baby my mama told me son
Always be a good boy and don't ever play with guns
But I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die
When I hear that lonesome whistle I hang my head and cry


SOLO


I bet there's rich folks eatin' in a fancy dinin' car
They're probably drinkin' coffee and smokin' big cigars
Well I know I had it comin', I know I can't be free
But I hear that train a-rollin' me and that's what tortures me


SOLO


If they freed me from this prison and that railroad train was mine
I bet I'd move it over a little farther down the line
Far from Folsom Prison, that's where I long to be
And let that train keep rollin' and roll my blues away


OUTRO lick (skip the very first note of the INTRO lick) 
            
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