Folsom Prison Blues
Jerry Lee Lewis Key
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Verse 1
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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 been stuck at Folsom Prison, and time keeps draggin' bye
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When I think about them women, Lord I hang my head and cry
Verse 2
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But I sit there blissfull sleep, and a factory diamond car
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Drinking Jack Daniels whiskey , smokin' Cuban cigars
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I'm stuck in Folsom Prison, and time keeps draggin' bye
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when I hear that train track whistle, I hang my head and cry
Verse 3
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When I was just a baby, Mama told me son,
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You ought'a be a good boy Jerry dont mess around with no gun
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But I shot that boy in Memphis Mama, I really did'nt want to just watch him die
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Now when I think of good old Memphis Tennessee, I hang my head and cry.
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Verse 4
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Well if they freed me from this prison, if that railroad track was mine
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I know I'd move it all a little further down the line
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Close to Folsom Prison, there where I want to be
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'Cause them women keepa movin' and torturin' rockin' rollin' Jerry Lee
Outro
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