Folsom Prison Blues Chords & Tabs
Band: Reverend Horton Heat
Album: Holy Roller
Tuning: Standard
Alright kids, back with another tab. The Reverend definitely raises
the bar in terms of difficulty. Jim Heath is an exceptional guitarists and
it was quite a pain to tab this out. I definitely have
my work cut out for me since there are a couple of
other songs of his I plan on tabbing. But it was
definitely worth it nonetheless. This is the 23rd
track off of their 6th album. A great greatcover
from one of the most influential artists in history.
I'm about 85% sure on this tab. There are some walking
bass notes in the solos that Jim finger picks that I
couldn't really figure out yet. So, I just tabbed the main
parts for us finger picking noobies. Strums not exact. Let's go!
INTRO
e|-----------------------|----------------| |-------------|
B|-----------------------|----------------| |-------------|
G|-----------------------|----------------| |-------------|
D|-------1--1------------|--2-2-----------|X3 |----------1--|
A|-2-2-2-------2---------|-----2p0--------| |--2---4------|
E|----------------2(b)-0-|----------2(b)0-| |-------------|
pm*********
VERSE
e|-------------------|---------|-------------------|---------2-----------|
B|-------------------|---2-----|-------------------|---------3-----------|
G|---2---------------|---2-X8--|-------------------|---------4-x7--------|
D|---2--X15----------|---2-----|-2-2------------x3-|---------4-----------|
A|---1---------------|-0-------|----2p0------------|---------2-----------|
E|-0---------0--2--4-|---------|---------2(b)0-----|-4-5-6---------2(b)0-|
pm****** pm pm
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|-22-----------x3---|
A|----2h0------------|
E|--------2(b)0------|
Repeat VERSE one more time
SOLO:
e|------------------------------------------|
B|-------------0---2--3--2-0--0----2--5-----|
G|-------------0h1------------0h1-----------|
D|-------1-------------------------------X2-|
A|-2--4-------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/reverend_horton_heat/folsom_prison_blues_tab.html ]
e|--------------5-----9------12------17----------|-------------------------|
B|----------------7/----10/-----14/-----19-------|-0---2-3-2-0--0---2--5---|
G|-----------------------------------------------|-0h1----------0h1--------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-0--2--4--5-------------------------------12\--|-------------------------|
e|------------------------------------|----------------------------|
B|------------------------------7-8---|-0---2--3--2--0--0---2--5---|
G|------------4-----4-----4-----------|-0h1-------------0h1--------|
D|---------------7-----7-----7--------|----------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|----------------------------|
E|-4-5-6-7----------------------------|----------------------------|
Repeat VERSE
SOLO 2: (jeez, i should figure out those walking bass notes...)
e|----------------0-----0-----|---------------------3----0----|
B|----------------------------|------------------2-----2------|
G|-------------------1--------|-------------0h1---------------|
D|------0--1--2------------x3-|-------------------------------|
A|---3------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|----------------------------|-12\---0-0---------------------|
e|--------5---7--|------7-----|-----------------------------------|
B|-/6---7---6----|----8---8---|-0---2--3--2-0--0---2--5-----------|
G|-/5------------|--9-------9-|-0h1------------0h1----------------|
D|---------------|------------|-----------------------------------|
A|---------------|------------|-----------------------------------|
E|---------------|------------|-----------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------1-1----1-1----1-1----1-1----1-1-----1-1-----------|
A|----0--1--2---------------2------------2------2-------1---------|
E|-4----------------2-------------2-----------------------2(b)0---|
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------|
D|-2-2------------x3--|
A|-----2p0------------|
E|----------2(b)0-----|
Repeat VERSE
End with the intro riff:
e|----------------------|----------------|
B|----------------------|--22222222~~~---|
G|----------------------|--22222222~~~---|
D|--------1-1-----------|--11111111~~~---|
A|--2-2-2------2--------|--00000000~~~~--|
E|----------------2(b)0-|----------------|
Alright, that's it guys! Let me know what you think. I
have no idea what I'm going to tab out next, but I'll tab something.
Have fun!!
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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