Folsom Prison

by Johnny Cash

Date Added
8/8/2025
**Chords:**
|  F  |  C  |  F  |  C  |
|  F  |  C  |  F  |  C  |
|  F  |  C  |  F  |  C  |
|  F  |  C  |  F  |  C  |

[F] I hear the train a comin’ [C] It’s rolling ‘round the bend [F] And I ain’t seen the sunshine [C] Since I don’t know when [F] I’m stuck in Folsom Prison [C] And time keeps draggin’ on [F] But that train keeps a-rolling [C] On down to San Antone

[F] When I was just a baby [C] My mama told me, “Son [F] Always be a good boy [C] Don’t ever play with guns” [F] But I shot a man in Reno [C] Just to watch him die [F] When I hear that whistle blowing