Why Join? Join

Join

Bluegrass Roulette

Tuner Metronome Chord Finder

Folsom Prison Blues

Source Recording: Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two (1955)

100%

100%

Song Details

Songwriters

Johnny Cash, Gordon Jenkins

First Release

Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two (1955)

Genres

Country

Themes

Struggle Outlaw

Popularity

Average

Source Recording

Artist

Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two

Album

Single (So Doggone Lonesome) (1955)

Key F Time Boom-Chuck Tempo 111 BPM Length 2:35 ISRC USSM11201764

Musicians

Johnny Cash — Lead Vocals, Guitar

Listen

Buy the MP3

Other Notable Recordings

Lester Flatt

Folsom Prison Blues · Nashville Airplane (1968)

Buy the MP3

Musicians

Folsom Prison Blues

1

I hear the train a-comin’ it’s rolling ’round the bend

And I ain’t seen the sunshine since I don’t know when

4 1

I’m stuck in Folsom prison and time keeps draggin’ on

5 1

But that train keeps a-rollin’ on down to San Antone

When I was just a baby my mama told me son

Always be a good boy don’t ever play with guns

But I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die

When I hear that whistle blowin’ I hang my head and cry

I bet there’s rich folks eatin’ in a fancy dining car

They’re probably drinkin’ coffee and smokin’ big cigars

Well I know I had it coming I know I can’t be free

But those people keep a-movin’ and that’s what tortures me

Well if they freed me from this prison if that railroad train was mine

I bet I’d move it on a little farther down the line

Far from Folsom prison that’s where I want to stay

And I’d let that lonesome whistle blow my blues away

All Instrument Tuner

Metronome

Chord Finder

My Playlists ×

Please log in to view your playlists.