[Tab]
e|------------------|(count from capo) 
B|------------------| 
G|------------------| 
D|-------1-1--------| 
A|-2-2-2-----2------| 
E|-------------B2-0-| B = bend string
[Strophe]
  E 
I hear the train a comin' 
  
It's rollin' 'round the bend, 
  
And I ain't seen the sunshine, 
  
Since, I don't know when, 
    A 
I'm stuck in Folsom Prison, 
                        E 
And time keeps draggin' on, 
         B7 
But that train keeps a-rollin', 
                 E 
On down to San Antone.
[Strophe]
     E 
When I was just a baby, 
  
My Mama told me, "Son, 
  
Always be a good boy, 
  
Don't ever play with guns," 
      A 
But I shot a man in Reno, 
                  E 
Just to watch him die, 
       B7 
When I hear that whistle blowin', 
                   E 
I hang my head and cry.
[Strophe]
  E 
I bet there's rich folks eatin', 
  
In a fancy dining car, 
  
They're probably drinkin' coffee, 
  
And smokin' big cigars, 
      A 
But I know I had it comin', 
                  E 
I know I can't be free, 
          B7 
But those people keep a-movin', 
                         E 
And that's what tortures me.
[Strophe]
      E 
Well, if they freed me from this prison, 
  
If that railroad train was mine, 
  
I bet I'd move out over a little, 
  
Farther down the line, 
A 
Far from Folsom Prison, 
                       E 
That's where I want to stay, 
        B7 
And I'd let that lonesome whistle, 
               E 
Blow my Blues away. 
[Tab]
e|------------------|(count from capo) 
B|------------------| 
G|------------------| 
D|-------1-1--------| 
A|-2-2-2-----2------| 
E|-------------B2-0-| B = bend string