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At Folsom Prison Full Album by Johnny Cash
At Folsom Prison Full Album
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:E
Capo:1st fret
Title
1. Folsom Prison Blues
2. Dark as a Dungeon
3. I Still Miss Someone
4. Cocaine Blues
5. 25 Minutes to Go
6. Orange Blossom Special *
7. The Long Black Veil
8. Send a Picture of Mother
9. The Wall
10. Dirty Old Egg-Suckin’ Dog
11. Flushed From the Bathroom of Your Heart
12. Jackson
13. Give My Love to Rose
14. I Got Stripes
15. Green, Green Grass of Home
16. Greystone Chapel *
1. "Folsom Prison Blues"
Capo: 1
[Intro]
B7 E
[Verse 1]
E
I hear the train a comin'
E
It's rollin' 'round the bend,
E
And I ain't seen the sunshine,
E E7
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.
[Verse 2]
E
When I was just a baby,
E
My mama told me, "Son,
E
Always be a good boy,
E E7
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.
[Bridge]
E E7 A E B7 E
[Verse 3]
E
I bet there's rich folks eatin'
E
From a fancy dining car.
E
They're probably drinkin' coffee,
E7
And smokin' big cigars.
A
Well, 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.
[Bridge]
E E7 A E B7 E
[Verse 4]
E
Well, if they freed me from this prison,
E
If that railroad train was mine,
E
I bet I'd move it on a little
E7
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.
[Outro]
B7 E
2. "Dark as a Dungeon"
Capo: 1
[Intro]
D G D
[Verse 1]
D D7 G A
Oh, come all you young fellers, so young and so fine
D G D
Seek not your fortune in a dark, dreary mine
D D7 G A
It'll form as a habit and seep in your soul
D G D
'Til the stream of your blood runs as black as the coal
[Chorus]
A G D
Where it's dark as a dungeon, damp as the dew,
A G D
Danger is double, pleasures are few
D D7 G A
Where the rain never falls, the sun never shines
D G D
It's dark as a dungeon, way down in the mine
[Verse 2]
D D7 G A
Well, it's many a man that I've seen in my day
D G D
(huh huh, no laughin' during this song please, it's bein' recorded, I know, hell)
D D7 G A
Like a fiend with his dope and a drunkard with his wine
D G D
A man will have lust for the lure of the mine
D D7 G A
And I pray when I'm dead and my ages shall roll
D G D
That my body would blacken and turn into coal
D D7 G A
Then I'll look from the door of my heavenly home
D G D
And pity the miner digging my bones
[Chorus]
A G D
Where it's dark as a dungeon, damp as the dew,
A G D
Danger is double, pleasures are few
D D7 G A
Where the rain never falls, the sun never shines
D G D
It's dark as a dungeon, way down in the mine
3. "I Still Miss Someone"
Capo: 1
[Intro]
A
[Verse 1]
A D E
At my door, the leaves are falling
D E A
A cold, wild wind will come
A D E
Sweethearts walk by together
D E A
And I still miss someone
[Verse 2]
A D E
I go out on a party
D E A
And look for a little fun
A D E
But I find a darkened corner
D E A
'Cause I still miss someone
[Bridge]
D E A
No, I never got over those blue eyes
D E A
I see them everywhere
D E A
I miss those arms that held me
D E A
When all the love was there
[Verse 3]
A D E
I wonder if she's sorry
D E A
For leavin' what we'd begun
A D E
There's someone for me somewhere
D E A
And I still miss someone
[Outro]
D E A
4. "Cocaine Blues"
Capo: 1
[Intro]
C
[Verse 1]
C
Early one mornin' while makin' the rounds
G
I took a shot of cocaine and I shot my woman down
I went right home and I went to bed
C N.C.
I stuck that lovin' .44 beneath my head
[Verse 2]
C
Got up next mornin' and I grabbed that gun
G
Took a shot of cocaine and away I run
Made a good run but I run too slow
C N.C.
They overtook me down in Juarez, Mexico
[Verse 3]
C
Late in the hot joints, takin' the pills,
G
In walked the sheriff from Jericho Hill.
He said, "Willy Lee, your name is not Jack Brown.
C N.C.
You're the dirty hack that shot your woman down."
[Verse 4]
C
Said, "Yes, oh yes my name is Willy Lee.
G
If you've got a warrant just a-read it to me.
Shot her down because she made me slow
C N.C.
I thought I was her daddy but she had five more."
[Verse 5]
C
When I was arrested, I was dressed in black.
G
They put me on a train and they took me back.
Had no friend for to go my bail.
C N.C.
They slapped my dried up carcass in that county jail.
[Verse 6]
C
Early next morning, about a half past nine,
G
I spied the sheriff coming down the line.
Talked and he coughed as he cleared his throat.
C N.C.
He said, "Come on you dirty hack into that district court"
[Verse 7]
C
Into the courtroom my trial began
G
Where I was handled by twelve honest men.
Just before the jury started out,
C N.C.
I saw that little judge commence to look about.
[Verse 8]
C
In about five minutes, in walked the man
G
Holding the verdict in his right hand.
The verdict read in the first degree.
C N.C.
I hollered, "Lordy, Lordy, have mercy on me".
[Verse 9]
C
The judge he smiled as he picked up his pen.
G
99 years in the Folsom pen.
99 years underneath that ground,
C N.C.
I can't forget the day I shot that bad bitch down.
[Outro]
C F
Come on you've gotta listen unto me,
D G C
Lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be.
5. "25 Minutes to Go"
Capo: 1
[Intro]
N.C. G
Well they're building a gallows outside my cell
D
And I've got 25 minutes to go
D
And the whole town's waitin' just to hear me yell
G
I've got 24 minutes to go
[Verse 1]
G
Well they gave me some beans for my last meal
D
With 23 minutes to go
D
But nobody asked me how I feel
G
I've got 22 minutes to go
G
Well I sent for the governor and the whole dern bunch
D
With 21 minutes to go
D
And I called up the mayor but he's out to lunch
G
I've got 20 more minutes to go
G
Then the sheriff said, "Boy I'm gonna watch you die"
D
Got 19 minutes to go
D
So I laughed in his face and I spit in his eye
G
With 18 minutes to go
E
[Verse 2]
E
Now here comes the preacher for to save my soul
B7
With 13 minutes to go
B7
And he's talking bout' burnin' but I'm so cold
E
12 more minutes to go
E
Well they're testin' the trap and it chills my spine
B7
11 more minutes to go
B7
And the trap and the rope, aw, they work just fine
E
10 more minutes to go
E
Well I'm waitin' on the pardon that'll set me free
B7
With 9 more minutes to go
B7
But this ain't the movies, so forget about me
E
8 more minutes to go
G
[Verse 3]
G
With my feet on the trap and my head in the noose
D
5 more minutes to go
D
Won't somebody come and cut me loose
G
Got 4 more minutes to go
G
I can see the mountains, I can see the sky
D
With 3 more minutes to go
D
And it's too dern pretty for a man that don't wanna die
G
2 more minutes to go
G
I can see the buzzards, I can hear the crows
D
1 more minute to go
D
And now I'm swingin' and here I go-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o!
6. "Orange Blossom Special"
[Intro]
C
[Verse 1]
C
Hey, look a-yonder comin'
Comin' down that railroad track
F
Hey, look a-yonder comin'
C
Comin' down that railroad track
G
It's that Orange Blossom Special
C
Bringin' my baby back
[Chorus]
C
F Bb C F
F Bb C F
F C F
F Bb
Bb F C F
C
(Have to change harmonicas faster than kiss' a duck)
[Verse 2]
C
Going down to Florida
And get some sand in my shoes
F
Or maybe Californy
C
And get some sand in my shoes
G
Ride that Orange Blossom Special
C
And lose these New York blues
[Chorus]
C
F Bb C F
F Bb C F
C
[Bridge]
C
"Say man, when you going back to Florida?"
C
"Say I don't know, I don't reckon I'll ever go back to Florida."
C
"But ain't you worried about getting your nourishment in New York?"
C
"Well, I don't care if I do-die-do-die-do-die-do-die..."
[Verse 3]
C
Hey, talk about a-ramblin'
She's the fastest train on the line
F
Hey, talk about a-travellin'
C
She's the fastest train on the line
G
It's that Orange Blossom Special
C
Rollin' down the seaboard line
[Chorus]
C
F Bb C F
F Bb C F
7. "The Long Black Veil"
Capo: 1
[Intro]
A
[Verse 1]
A
Ten years ago, on a cold dark night,
E D A
Someone was killed 'neath the town hall light.
A
There were few at the scene, but they all agreed
E D A
That the slayer who ran looked a lot like me.
[Chorus]
D A D A
She walks these hills in a long black veil.
D A D A
She visits my grave when the night winds wail.
A D A
Nobody knows, nobody sees,
D E A
Nobody knows but me.
[Verse 2]
A
The judge said, "Son, what is your alibi?
E D A
If you were somewhere else, then you won't have to die."
A
I spoke not a word, though it meant my life.
E D A
I'd been in the arms of my best friend's wife.
A
(Did I hear somebody applaud?)
[Verse 3]
A
Now the scaffold is high, and eternity's near.
E D A
She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear.
A
But sometimes at night, when the cold wind moans
E D A
In a long black veil, she cries o'er my bones.
[Chorus]
D A D A
She walks these hills in a long black veil.
D A D A
She visits my grave when the night winds wail.
A D A
Nobody knows, nobody sees,
D E A
Nobody knows but me.
8. "Send a Picture of Mother"
Capo: 1
[Verse 1]
N.C. A E A
After seven years behind these bars together,
A E A
I'll miss you more than a brother when you go, when you go.
D A
If only I had not tried to escape,
B7 E
They'd pardon me with you I know, yes I know.
A E A
Won't you tell the folks back home, I'll soon be coming.
A E A
And don't let them know I never will be free, be free.
D A
Sometimes write and tell me how they're doing,
E A
And send a picture of mother back to me.
[Chorus]
D A
Say hello to Dad and shake his poor, hardworking hand,
E A
And send a picture of mother if you can.
[Verse 2]
A E A
I'm happy for you that you got your freedom,
A E A
But stay with me just another minute or so, or so.
D A
After all this sweat and blood together,
B7 E
Who'll be my fighting partner when you go, when you go?
A E A
The hardest time will be on Sunday morning.
A E A
Church bells will ring on Heaven Hill, Heaven Hill.
D A
Please ask Reverend Garrett to pray for me,
E A
And send a picture of mother if you will.
[Chorus]
D A
Say hello to Dad and shake his poor, hardworking hand,
E A
And send a picture of mother if you can.
9. "The Wall"
Capo: 1
[Verse 1]
N.C. G
There's a lot of strange men in cell block ten,
D
But the strangest of them all
C G
Was a friend of mine who spent his time
C G
Starin' at the wall...
C G
Starin' at the wall...
[Verse 2]
G
As he looked at the wall, so strong and tall,
D
I heard him softly curse,
C G
"Nobody at all ever climbed that wall,
C G
But I'm gonna be the first...
C G
I'm gonna be the first..."
[Verse 3]
G
Well, the warden walked by and said, "Son, don't try,
D
I'd hate to see you fall.
C G
For there is no doubt they'll carry you out
C G
If you ever touch that wall...
C G
If you ever touch that wall..."
[Verse 4]
G
Well, a year went by since... (ain't that the truth)
G
Well, a year's gone... (them mean bastards, ain't they?)
G
Well, a year's gone by since he made his try,
D
But I can still recall
C G
How hard he tried and the way he died,
C G
But he never made that wall...
C G
He never made that wall...
[Verse 5]
G
Well, there's never been a man ever shook this can,
D
But I know a man who tried.
C G
The newspapers called it a jailbreak plan,
C G
But I know it was suicide...
C G
I know it was suicide...
10. "Dirty Old Egg-Suckin' Dog"
Capo: 1
[Verse 1]
N.C. G E7 A
Well he's not very handsome to look at.
D7 G D7
Oh, he's shaggy and he eats like a hog.
G E7 A
And he's always killin' my chickens,
D7 G
That dirty old egg-suckin' dog.
[Chorus]
G E7 A
Egg-suckin' dog,
D7 G D7
I'm gonna stomp your head in the ground
G E7 A
If you don't stay out of my henhouse,
D7 G
You dirty old egg-suckin' hound.
[Verse 2]
G E7 A
Now if he don't stop eatin' my eggs up,
D7 G D7
Though I'm not a real bad guy,
G E7 A
I'm going to get my rifle and send him
D7 G
To that great chickenhouse in the sky.
11. "Flushed From the Bathroom of Your Heart"
Capo: 1
[Verse 1]
N.C. A D
From the backdoor of your life, you swept me out, dear
E A
In the breadline of your dreams, I lost my place
A D
At the table of your love, I got the brush off
E A
At the Indianapolis of your heart, I lost the race
[Chorus]
D A
I've been washed down the sink of your conscience
A E
In the theater of your love, I lost my part
A D
And now you say you've got me out of your conscience
E A
I've been flushed from the bathroom of your heart
[Verse 2]
A D
In the garbage disposal of you dreams, I've been ground up, dear
E A
On the river of your plans, I'm up the creek
A D
Up the elevator of your future, I've been shafted
E A
On the calendar of your events, I'm last week
[Chorus]
D A
I've been washed down the sink of your conscience
A E
In the theater of your love, I lost my part
A D
And now you say you've got me out of your conscience
E A
I've been flushed from the bathroom of your heart
12. "Jackson"
Capo: 1
[Intro]
C
[Verse 1]
C
We got married in a fever, hotter than a pepper sprout,
We've been talkin' 'bout Jackson, ever since the fire went out.
F C
I'm goin' to Jackson, I'm gonna mess around,
F
Yeah, I'm goin' to Jackson,
G C
Look out, Jackson town.
[Verse 2]
C
Well, go on down to Jackson, go ahead and wreck your health.
Go play your hand, you big-talkin' man, make a big fool of yourself,
F C
You're goin' to Jackson, go comb your hair!
F
Honey, I'm gonna snowball Jackson.
G C
See if I care.
[Verse 3]
C
When I breeze into that city, people gonna stoop and bow. (Hah!)
All them women gonna make me, teach 'em what they don't know how,
F C
I'm goin' to Jackson, you turn-a loose-a my coat.
F
'Cos I'm goin' to Jackson.
G C
"Goodbye," that's all she wrote.
[Verse 4]
C
But they'll laugh at you in Jackson, and I'll be dancin' on a Pony Keg.
They'll lead you 'round town like a scalded hound,
With your tail tucked between your legs,
F C
You're goin' to Jackson, you big-talkin' man.
F G C
And I'll be waitin' in Jackson, behind my Jaypan Fan,
[Verse 5]
C
Well now, we got married in a fever, hotter than a pepper Sprout,
We've been talkin' 'bout Jackson, ever since the fire went out.
F C
I'm goin' to Jackson, and that's a fact.
F G C
Yeah, I'm goin' to Jackson, ain't never comin' back.
[Outro]
C
Well, we got married in a fever, hotter than a pepper sprout...
13. "Give My Love to Rose"
Capo: 1
[Intro]
A
[Verse 1]
A E A
I found him by the railroad track this morning.
E A
I could see that he was nearly dead.
D A
I knelt down beside him and I listened
B7 E
Just to hear the words the dying fellow said.
A E A
He said, "They let me out of prison out in Frisco.
E A
For ten long years, I've paid for what I've done.
D A
I was trying to get back to Louisiana
E A
To see my Rose and get to know my son.
[Chorus]
D A
Give my love to Rose, please, won't you mister?
E A
Take her all my money, tell her buy some pretty clothes.
D A
Tell my boy that daddy's so proud of him,
E A
And don't forget to give my love to Rose.
[Verse 2]
A E A
Won't you tell them I said thanks for waiting for me?
A E A
Tell my boy to help his mom at home.
D A
Tell my Rose to try to find another
B7 E
'Cause it ain't right that she should live alone.
A E A
Mister, here's a bag with all my money.
A E A
It won't last them long the way it goes.
D A
God bless you for finding me this morning.
E A
Now don't forget to give my love to Rose.
[Chorus]
D A
Give my love to Rose, please, won't you mister?
E A
Take her all my money, tell her buy some pretty clothes.
D A
Tell my boy that daddy's so proud of him,
E A
And don't forget to give my love to Rose."
14. "I Got Stripes"
Capo: 1
[Intro]
C
[Verse 1]
G
On a Monday, I was arrested (uh huh)
C
On a Tuesday, they locked me in the jail (oh boy)
G
On a Wednesday, my trial was attested
C
On a Thursday, they said "guilty" and the judge's gavel fell
[Chorus]
C G
I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders
C
I got chains, chains around my feet
G
I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders
And them chains, them chains
C
They're about to drag me down
D
[Verse 2]
A
On a Monday, my momma come to see me
D
On a Tuesday, they caught me with a file
A
On a Wednesday, I'm down in solitary
D
On a Thursday, I start on bread and water for a while
[Chorus]
D A
I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders
D
I got chains, chains around my feet
A
I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders
And them chains, them chains
D
They're about to drag me down
D A
I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders
D
I got chains, chains around my feet
A
I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders
And them chains, them chains
D
They're about to drag me down
15. "Green, Green Grass of Home"
Capo: 1
[Verse 1]
N.C. C
The old home town looks the same,
F C
As I step down from the train,
G
And there, to meet me, is my mama and my papa.
C
Down the road I look, and there runs Mary,
F F7
Hair of gold and lips like cherries.
C G C
It's good to touch the green, green grass of home.
[Verse 2]
C
The old house is still standing,
F C
Though the paint is cracked and dry,
G
And there's the old oak tree that I used to play on.
C
Down the lane I walk with my sweet Mary,
F F7
Hair of gold and lips like cherries.
C G C
It's good to touch the green, green grass of home.
[Chorus]
C
Yes, they'll all come to see me,
F F7
Arms reaching, smiling sweetly.
C G C
It's good to touch the green, green grass of home.
[Verse 3]
C
Then I awake and look around me,
F C
To the cold gray walls that surround me,
G
And I realize that I was only dreaming.
C
For there's a guard, and a sad old padre,
F F7
Arm in arm, I walk at daybreak.
C G C
Again, I touch the green, green grass of home.
[Chorus]
C
Yes, they'll all come to see me
F F7
In the shade of the old oak tree,
C G F C
As they lay me 'neath the green, green grass of home.
16. "Greystone Chapel"
[Intro]
B7 E A B7 E
[Chorus]
B7 E
Inside the walls of prison, my body may be,
A B7 E
But my Lord has set my soul free.
[Verse 1]
E
There's a grey stone chapel here at Folsom,
B7
A house of worship in this den of sin.
E
You wouldn't think that God had a place here at Folsom,
A B7 E
But he saved the soul of many lost men.
E
Now this grey stone chapel here at Folsom,
B7
Stands a hundred years old made of granite rock.
E
It takes a ring of keys to move here at Folsom,
A B7 E
But the door to the house of God is never locked.
[Chorus]
B7 E
Inside the walls of prison, my body may be,
A B7 E
But the Lord has set my soul free.
[Bridge]
B7 E A B7 E
[Verse 2]
E
There are men here that don't ever worship.
B7
There are men here who scoff at the ones who pray.
E
But I've got down on my knees in that grey stone chapel,
A B7 E
And I've thanked the Lord for helping me each day.
E
Now this grey stone chapel here at Folsom,
B7
It has a touch of God's hand on every stone.
E
It's a flower of light in a field of darkness,
A B7 E
And it's given me the strength to carry on.
[Chorus]
B7 E
Inside the walls of prison my body may be,
A B7 E
But my Lord has set my soul free.
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