Folsom Prison Blues - Live at San Quentin State Prison, San Quentin, CA - February 1969

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Hello, I'm Johnny Cash
 I hear the train a-comin'
 It's rollin' 'round the bend
 And I ain't seen the sunshine
 Since I don't know when
 I'm stuck in Folsom Prison
 And time keeps draggin' on
 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
 Suey
 I bet there's rich folks eatin'
 From a fancy dining car
 They're probably drinking coffee
 And smoking big cigars
 Well, I know I had it comin'
 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
 Yeah

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Duration
03:00
Key
5
Tempo
118 BPM

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