Key: E
Introduction:
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I hear the train a-coming, it' s rolling round the bend
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and I ain' t seen the sunshine since I don' t know when
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I' m stuck at Folsom Prison, and time keeps draggin' on
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But that train keeps a-rollin' on down to San Antone
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When I was just a baby, my Mama told me ' Son,
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always be a good boy don' t ever play with guns.'
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But I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die
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when I hear that whistle blowin' I hang my head and cry
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I bet there' s rich folks eatin' from a fancy dining car
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They' re probably drinking coffee and smoking big cigars
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But I know I had it coming, I know I can' t be free
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But those people keep a moving, and that' s what tortures me
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Well, if they freed me from this prison, if that railroad train was mine
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I bet I' d move it on a little farther down the line
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Far from Folsom Prison, that' s where I want to stay
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And I' d let that lonesome whistle blow my blues away