{"id":300,"date":"2021-05-10T03:08:48","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T03:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=300"},"modified":"2026-01-06T05:39:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T05:39:26","slug":"folsom-prison-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/folsom-prison-blues\/","title":{"rendered":"Folsom Prison Blues"},"content":{"rendered":"

Key of E below<\/span>
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 \r\n[Verse 1]\r\n  C<\/span>\r\nI hear the train a-coming, it's rolling round the bend\r\n<\/span>                                   C7<\/span>\r\nand I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when\r\n<\/span>    F<\/span>                                               C<\/span>\r\nI'm stuck in Folsom Prison, and time keeps draggin' on\r\n<\/span>         G7<\/span>                                     C<\/span>\r\nBut that train keeps a-rollin' on down to San Antone\r\n<\/span> \r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n     C<\/span>\r\nWhen I was just a baby, my Mama told me 'Son,\r\n<\/span>                            C7<\/span>\r\nalways be a good boy; don't ever play with guns.'\r\n<\/span>      F<\/span>                                     C<\/span>\r\nBut I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die\r\n<\/span>       G7<\/span>                                           C<\/span>\r\nwhen I hear that whistle blowin' I hang my head and cry\r\n<\/span> \r\n \r\n[Verse 3]\r\n  C<\/span>\r\nI bet there's rich folks eatin' in a fancy dining car\r\n<\/span>                                     C7<\/span>\r\nThey're probably drinking coffee and smoking big cigars\r\n<\/span>        F<\/span>                                       C<\/span>\r\nWell, I know I had it coming, I know I can't be free\r\n<\/span>          G7<\/span>                                             C<\/span>\r\nBut those people keep a moving, and that's what tortures me\r\n<\/span> \r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n              C<\/span>\r\nWell, if they freed me from this prison, if that railroad train was mine\r\n<\/span>                              C7<\/span>\r\nI bet I'd move it on a little farther down the line\r\n<\/span>F<\/span>                                              C<\/span>\r\nFar from Folsom Prison, that's where I want to stay\r\n<\/span>        G7<\/span>                                       C<\/span>\r\nAnd I'd let that lonesome whistle blow my blues away\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/pre>\n
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key of e<\/span>\r\n \r\n[Verse 1]\r\n  E<\/span>\r\nI hear the train a-coming, it's rolling round the bend\r\n<\/span>                                   E7<\/span>\r\nand I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when\r\n<\/span>    A<\/span>                                               E<\/span>\r\nI'm stuck in Folsom Prison, and time keeps draggin' on\r\n<\/span>         B7<\/span>                                     E<\/span>\r\nBut that train keeps a-rollin' on down to San Antone\r\n<\/span> \r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n     E<\/span>\r\nWhen I was just a baby, my Mama told me 'Son,\r\n<\/span>                            E7<\/span>\r\nalways be a good boy; don't ever play with guns.'\r\n<\/span>      A<\/span>                                     E<\/span>\r\nBut I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die\r\n<\/span>       B7<\/span>                                           E<\/span>\r\nwhen I hear that whistle blowin' I hang my head and cry\r\n<\/span> \r\n \r\n[Solo]\r\nE<\/span> | E7<\/span> | E<\/span> | E7<\/span>\r\nA<\/span> | A<\/span> | E<\/span> | E<\/span>\r\nB7<\/span>| B7<\/span>| E<\/span> |\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 3]\r\n  E<\/span>\r\nI bet there's rich folks eatin' in a fancy dining car\r\n<\/span>                                     E7<\/span>\r\nThey're probably drinking coffee and smoking big cigars\r\n<\/span>        A<\/span>                                       E<\/span>\r\nWell, I know I had it coming, I know I can't be free\r\n<\/span>          B7<\/span>                                             E<\/span>\r\nBut those people keep a moving, and that's what tortures me\r\n<\/span> \r\n \r\n[Solo]\r\nE<\/span> | E7<\/span> | E<\/span> | E7<\/span>\r\nA<\/span> | A<\/span> | E<\/span> | E<\/span>\r\nB7<\/span>| B7<\/span>| E<\/span> |\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 4]\r\n              E<\/span>\r\nWell, if they freed me from this prison, if that railroad train was mine\r\n<\/span>                              E7<\/span>\r\nI bet I'd move it on a little farther down the line\r\n<\/span>A<\/span>                                              E<\/span>\r\nFar from Folsom Prison, that's where I want to stay\r\n<\/span>        B7<\/span>                                       E<\/span>\r\nAnd I'd let that lonesome whistle blow my blues away\r\n<\/span><\/pre>\n
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Key of E below [Verse 1] C I hear the train a-coming, it’s rolling round the bend C7 and I ain’t seen the sunshine since I don’t know when F C I’m stuck in Folsom Prison, and time keeps draggin’ on G7 C But that train keeps a-rollin’ on down … CLICK TO VIEW SONGFolsom Prison Blues<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133,126,13,116,117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-baritone-bill","category-bass-guitar-night","category-x-bill-chase","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27580,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300\/revisions\/27580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}