Learn to play Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash on guitar.
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In this easy lesson, we’ll learn how to play Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash. That’s a great fun beginner tune using just the E, A, and B7 chords. In this tutorial, we’ll look at simple strumming and also the classic Johnny Cash “Boom Chick-a” strumming and alternating the bass note.
Video Chapters
00:00 Folsom Prison Blues – Playthrough
00:34 Folsom Prison Blues – Introduction
01:00 Folsom Prison Blues – Chord Sequence – Verse
04:00 Folsom Prison Blues – Rhythm
11:18 Folsom Prison Blues – Left Hand
11:58 Folsom Prison Blues – Conclusion
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Learn how to play “Folsom Prison Blues” by Johnny Cash! Chords, strumming pattern, tabs for the intro, and even how to strum with alternating bass notes. I’ll show it all. Note, this song will need a capo on the 1st fret *if* you want to play along w/ the Cash album version. Otherwise, you can leave the capo behind and play it in the key of E.
Best of luck, let me know what questions you have in the comments!
Lesson timestamps:
0:00 Playthrough
0:44 Chords needed
1:41 Verse structure w/ simple strum
2:50 Intro riff
3:40 Strumming w/ alternating bass notes
5:43 Farewell