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Folsom Prison Blues Chords
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[Verse 1] [G]Well, I hear the trailer comin' Rollin' round the bend I ain't seen the sunshine since [Gm]I don'[G]t know when [D]Cause I'm [C]stuck in Folsom Prison And time [D]keeps dragging [G]on [C]But that [D]train keeps a -rollin' [C]On down to San [G]Antonio[Gm][G] [D]When [G]I was just a[Gm] baby Mama told [G]me, [D]alw[G]ays be a good boy Don't [Gm]never play [G]with [D]guns They said I [C]shot a man down in Reno [D]But that was just [Gm]a lie[D][Gm][G] [D]When I hear the whistle blowin' [C]I jus[D]t hang my [Gm]head and cry[G] [D]I l[G]isten to the guitar go[D][G][C][D][G] [D][C][G] I bet there's rich folks eat [D]in' [G]in a fancy car [D]They're [Gm]probably drink[G]in' coffee [D]an [G]d s[Gm]mokin' b[G]ig cigars But I didn't [C]hurt nobody I should be [D]rolling [Gm]free, [G]free[D][G] [D]But those people keep on [C]moving That's [D]what tortured [Gm]me[G][F][D][G][F] [D]Well if they fre[G]ed me from the prison The railroad train was mine, [D]I b[Gm]et I'd mo[G]ve it on [D]Just a little far[Gm]ther dow[G]n the lin[F]e, [G]far from [C]the force of [Gm]prison[G][C] That's [D]where I wanna [Gm]stay[D][G][Gm][G] An[D]d I'd let that lonesome whistle [C]blow [D]my blues [Gm]away[D][G][D][Gm] [D]So[Gm][D][G][D][Gm][D][Gm][G] [D][Gm] [D][Gm][D][Gm][Gm][G][Gm] Music Mu[D]sic[G] [D]Mu [Gm]sic [D]Music[Gm] Music Music
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