Folsom Prison Blues
Johnny Cash

                                      
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Five Measure lead-in.

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|     I | hear that train a-comin'. It's | rollin' round the bend.   |
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| And I ain't seen the sunshine since, | I don't know wh  e n. I' m |
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| stuck in Folsom Prison  | and time keeps draggin' | on. |
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|    But that tra a  ain keeps a rollin', on down to San An | tone. |

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|    When | I was just a ba  by, my | momma tol' me son, |
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| "Always be a good boy, don't | ever play with guns" But I |
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| shot a man in Reno |  ju st to watch him die. |
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|    'n I | hear that whistle blowin', | I hang my head an' cry. |

Instrumental here.
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|    I bet there's | rich folks eating in a | fancy dining car. |
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| 'r prob'ly drinkin' coffee and | smokin' big cigars. Well I |
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| know I had it comin', I know I can't be free. |
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|   Bu ut those | people keep a movin', | and that what tortures | me. |

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|    If they a | freed me fr om this prison, if that rail |
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| road train were mine. I'd | bet I'd move it on a little |
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| further down the line.       | Far from Folsom Prison, |
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| that's where I want to | stay. |    An nd I'd | let that lonesome whistle |
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| blow  m  y blues a | way. |

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