Intro:

e|--0-3p0---0-----------------------------------------------------|
B|--------3---3p0---0---------------------------------------------|
G|----------------2---2p0---2---0-1p0---0-------------------------|
D|------------------------2---2-------2---2p0---2-----------------|
A|--------------------------------------------2---2p0-2-0---------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------3-2-1-0-|

Grunngrepene under versene er kun E, A og H7, men for variasjonens del
blir bruken av disse utvidet som følger:

  1: Under E veksles det på å spille E og Esus4 (se 1)
  2: Under A spilles et slags boogie komp (se 2)
  3: Under H7 spilles det med vekselbass (se 3) 
   
    
   1 (E)          2 (A)          3 (H7)

e|----0----0----|--------------|----2----2----|
B|----0----0----|---------3----|----0----0----|
G|*---1----2---*|*--------4---*|*---2----2---*|
D|*---2----2---*|*---2----2---*|*---1----1---*|
A|----2----2----|----0----0----|----2----x----|
E|----0----0----|--------------|---------2----|

  E  
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 
A
I'm stuck in Folsom Prison 
                        E
And time keeps draggin' on 
         H7
But that train keeps a-rollin' 
                 E
On down to San Antone 


     E
When I was just a young boy 

My Mama told me, "Son
 
Always be a good boy
 
Don't ever play with guns"
      A                      
But I shot a man in Reno
                  E 
Just to watch him die
       H7
When I hear that whistle blowin'
                   E 
I hang my head and cry
 

Mellomspill:
     E9
e|-------------------------------------|--------------------------|
B|---7----x--x----x--x--7--x--x--------|--7-----------------------|
G|*--7----x--x----x--x--7--x--x-------*|--7-----------------------|
D|*--6----x--x----x--x--6--x--x-------*|--6------2------3------4--|
A|---7----x--x----x--x--7--x--x--------|--7------x------x------x--|
E|---0----------7-------0--------7--9--|--0--x-x-2--x-x-3--x-x-4--|

    A
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|----------3-------------3------4-/-5--4-/-5--|
G|----------4-------------4------5-/-6--5-/-6--|
D|--2-------2------2------2------4-/-5--4-/-5--|
A|--0--x-x--0--x-x-0--x-x-0--x-x---------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|


   E9                                    H7 
e|-------------------------------------|---2---------------2---|
B|---7----x--x----x--x--7--x--x--------|---0---------------0---|
G|*--7----x--x----x--x--7--x--x-------*|*--2---------------2--*|
D|*--6----x--x----x--x--6--x--x-------*|*--1---------------1--*|
A|---7----x--x----x--x--7--x--x--------|---2--x-x----------2---|
E|---0----------7-------0--------7--9--|----------2--x-x-------|


e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--3p0---0----------------------------------------------------------|
G|------2---2p0---2---0-1p0---0--------------------------------------|
D|--------------2---2-------2---2p0---2---0--------------------------|
A|----------------------------------2---2----2-0----0---0---0--------|
E|------------------------------------------------3---3---3---3-2-0--|

 
  E
I bet there's rich folks eatin'
 
In a fancy dining car
 
They're probably drinkin' coffee
 
And smokin' big cigars
      A 
But I knew I had it comin'
                   E 
I know I can't be free
          H7
But those people keep a-movin'
                         E
And that's what tortures me
 

               E (x1)
Well, if they freed me from this prison
         E9 (x1)
If that railroad train was mine
          E9 (x1)
I bet I'd move it on a little
 
Further down the line
A 
Far from Folsom Prison
                        E             
That's where I want to stay
          H7
|:And I'd let that lonesome whistle
              E
Blow my blues away:| x3


Avslutning:

e|--12p9----9-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------12---12p9----9------------------------------------------7--|
G|-----------------11---11p9----11----9--------------------------7--|
D|---------------------------11----11---11p9---------------------6--|
A|-------------------------------------------11-10-9-7---7-9-7---7--|
E|-----------------------------------------------------9-------0-0--|