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3rd repeatI hear the train
1.
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 
B7
but that  train  keeps a-rollin’ 
E
on down to San An tone .
2.
E
When  I  was just a baby 
my  momma 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 . 
B7
When I  hear  that whistle blowin’ 
E
I hang my head and  cry .
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3.
E
I  bet  there’s rich folks eatin’ 
from  a fancy dining car. 
They’re  prob’ly drinkin’ coffee 
and  smokin’ big cigars 
A
Well, I  know  I had it comin’. 
E
I know I can’t be  free . 
B7
But those  people  keep a-movin’ 
E
and that’s what tortures  me .
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4.
E
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. 
A
Far  from Folsom Prison. 
E
That’s where I want to  stay . 
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And I’d  let  that lonesome whistle 
E
blow my blues a- way .