Songs For My Own Enjoyment: Folsom Prison

F                                                       

I hear the train a comin', it's rolling round the bend  

                                    F7                 

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

    Bb                                              F   

I'm stuck in Folsom prison, and time keeps draggin' on  

         C7                                      F     

But that train keeps a rollin' on down to San An-tone  

     F                                       

When I was just a baby my mama told me, Son  

                            F7                   

always be a good boy, don't ever play with guns  

      Bb                                   F    

But I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die  

       C7                                            F    

When I hear that whistle blowing, I hang my head and cry  

D7 

(KEY CHANGE into G)

  G                                                    

I bet there's rich folks eating in a fancy dining car  

                                     G7                  

They're probably drinkin' coffee and smoking big cigars  

       C                                       G     

Well I know I had it coming, I know I can't be free  

          D7                    

But those people keep a movin,  

                         G   

and that's what tortures me  

     G                                    

Well if they'd free me from this prison,  

if that railroad train was mine  

  G                             G7                     

I bet I'd move on over a little further down the line  

C                              C               G     

Far from Folsom prison, that's where I want to stay  

        D7                                        G    

And I'd let that lonesome whistle blow my blues a-way  

G                                                       

I hear the train a comin', it's rolling round the bend  

                                    G7                 

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

    C                                               G   

I'm stuck in Folsom prison, and time keeps draggin' on  

         D7                                      G     

But that train keeps a rollin' on down to San An-tone  

Slowing:

         D7                                      G     

But that train keeps a rollin' on down to San An-tone