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Folsom Prison Blues

Johnny Cashcharted by grantlarcom

Folsom Prison BluesJohnny Cash= 112    Time: 4/4    Key: EIntroguitar pickup51V1/211114411551Solo11114411551V311114411551Solo11114411551V411114411551Outro511

Folsom Prison Blues — Johnny Cash. Nashville number chart in the key of E, 4/4, 112 bpm. 7 sections. Read in order, comma to comma; two chords sharing a bar are joined by "then".

  1. Intro, 3 bars: hit (cue: guitar pickup, figure: half rest, eighth rest, eighth, eighth, eighth), 5, 1
  2. V1/2, 11 bars: repeat from here, 1, 1, 1, 1, 4, 4, 1, 1, 5, 5, 1, repeat 2 times
  3. Solo, 11 bars: 1, 1, 1, 1, 4, 4, 1, 1, 5, 5, 1
  4. V3, 11 bars: 1, 1, 1, 1, 4, 4, 1, 1, 5, 5, 1
  5. Solo, 11 bars: 1, 1, 1, 1, 4, 4, 1, 1, 5, 5, 1
  6. V4, 11 bars: 1, 1, 1, 1, 4, 4, 1, 1, 5, 5, 1
  7. Outro, 2 bars: 5, 1 then 1 (held)