Jason Boland - Folsom Prison Blues Chords

Jason Boland - Folsom Prison Blues

Capo 1

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I hear that train a comin', it's comin’ around 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
And I hear that whistle blowin’, blowin’ from Sanantone.

     E
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
Now I hear the whistle blowin', I hang my head and cry.

E A E B7 A

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Well I bet there’s rich folks eatin’, in them dinin’ fancy cars

drinkin’ our black coffee and smokin’ big cigars 
       A                                       E
Well I know I had it comin’, I know I can’t be free
      B7                                                  E
But I hear that whistle blowin’, and that’s what tortures me.

             E
Well if they freed me from this prison, if that railroad train was mine
I bet I'd move it all a little farther down the line
A                                              E
Far from Folsom Prison, that's where I want to stay
    B7                                           E
And I'd let that lonesome whistle, blow my blues away.

E A E B7 A

E
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
Now I hear the whistle blowin', I hang my head and cry.

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