Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash | EASY Beginner Acoustic Guitar Tutorial + 3-Chord Guitar Song

Welcome to my “Folsom Prison Blues” Guitar Lesson + Tutorial, by Johnny Cash. This easy 3-chord song is perfect for beginners and will help you learn the basics and put them to use, learning a song right away! Learn how to play it, how to count the beat and build your rhythm, and how to memorize/learn the entire song! This easy acoustic guitar lesson covers the 3 chords (E A B7) the country strumming pattern, the intro riff, outro lick and solo!

“Folsom Prison Blues” CHORDS: E A B7

“Folsom Prison Blues” STRUMMING PATTERN: R-Du A-Du

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“Folsom Prison Blues” TABLE OF CONTENTS

0:00 – INTRO
2:27 – CHORDS+SWITCHING TIPS
4:12 – SWITCHING PRACTICE
5:05 – STRUMMING PATTERN
8:06 – VERSE PLAY-ALONG
9:30 – THE INTRO RIFF
11:10 – INTRO PLAY-ALONG
11:50 – OUTRO RIFF
13:26 – THE SOLO
14:12 – TIPS+RESOURCES

The lesson begins with three easy chord shapes: E A B7. I give you some switching tips and tricks to make the chord switching smoother and easier and then we practice the switching, playing downstrokes only and playing through the song.
Folsom Prison Blues uses an incredibly iconic and famous strumming pattern where we alternate between bass notes as we strum, creating a boom chuck style, country folk sound. We practice the pattern over each chord shape and then we put it together with our chord progression.

The intro riff a few easy to remember notes, as they’re based on B7. We go over it and we also work on the counting so that we can play it and then work our way into the song properly without any awkward pauses. Then we play the outro riff which is the same thing but, once again, we have to figure out the timing and play it at the exact correct moment!

Finally I demonstrate the guitar solo with TAB so you can see how it goes and then I offer some basic tips and some resources that will help you learn this song better.

If you’d like to practice the entire song with me, there’s a full playthrough available on my Patreon page, where I play through the entire song, start to finish. More information on that here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/64271219/

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