Intro (pick close to the bridge) e|---------------------| B|---------------------| G|---------------------| D|-------2-2-2---------| A|-3-3-3------3--------| E|--------------3b-1---|
E I hear the train a comin', it's rolling round the bend
and I ain't 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 rollin' on down to San Anton..
When I was just a baby my mama told me. Son,
always be a good boy, don't ever play with guns. A E But I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die B7 E when I hear that whistle blowing I hang my head and cry..
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pick near bridge e|-------------------------------| B|-------------------------------| G|-------------------------------| D|-------------------------------| A|0-1-2-3----3----3----3---------| E|------------------------3b-1---|
I bet there's rich folks eating in a fancy dining car they're probably drinkin' coffee and smoking big cigars. Well I know I had it coming, I know I can't be free but those people keep a movin' and that's what tortures me...
SOLO Again
Well if they'd free me from this prison, if that railroad train was mine I bet I'd move just a little further 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.....