Learn To Play Guitar
Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash – Beginner Acoustic Guitar Lesson
Go to yourguitarsage.com tofind out how to get a chart to this song and 100s other songs!!! This guitar lesson vid shows you how to play Folsom Prison Blues, by Johnny Cash. It shows you the chords, strumming technique and style. Check out yourguitarsage.com for info on my online instructional resources about charts, chords, strumming and the techniques that I use here in my videos.. For more guitar lessons, see my other free tutorials. For original and cover music by me, Erich, go to www.myspace.com . Since I’m so busy making new video tutuorial lessons all the time and teaching guitar, I probably won’t have time to answer individual questions regarding guitar. Other videos cover beginner, advanced and intermediate levels. I teach rock, blues, country and just about any other style on electric or acoustic. If you can’t find your answer from the resources at the website above, keep digging into my vids, and I’m sure you will find your answer. Keep practicing!!!

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October 26, 2011 - 12:47 pm
@xuprmemofo I like it the way Cash plays it, Once you learn the song its hard not to stop playing it xD
October 26, 2011 - 1:20 pm
Finally a video that’s slow enough and comprehensive enough to give me confidence to try.
October 26, 2011 - 1:32 pm
Thanks for uploading this and being awesome…
October 26, 2011 - 1:36 pm
It appears that your first strum for each new note you only play half of the strings. Otherwise strumming all 6 string each time doesn’t produce the same rhythm as you. Example, your first note is the E note but you only hit the first 3 strings instead of going down through all 6. Would this be correct?
October 26, 2011 - 2:15 pm
Don’t pay mind to the neg comments boss, this is good intruction.
Oak.
October 26, 2011 - 2:39 pm
well after seeing this decided i might as well do some teaching videos
October 26, 2011 - 2:46 pm
Thank’s Boss.
October 26, 2011 - 2:49 pm
Needs a chord chart for this?.
October 26, 2011 - 3:23 pm
how is this beginner?
October 26, 2011 - 4:05 pm
Thanks much. Was easy to follow. Oak
October 26, 2011 - 4:55 pm
@ShaKenNumber10 If you repeatedly click 0:00 its even better.
October 26, 2011 - 5:15 pm
@freddyzcount90 HAHAHAH, you all are wrong!
October 26, 2011 - 5:37 pm
@ShaKenNumber10 jizz in ma pantsss
October 26, 2011 - 5:47 pm
can u taech some good beatles or good 70s music really apreciate it thanks
October 26, 2011 - 5:48 pm
@720rodney Depends on the guitar your using. If it’s a classical guitar use nylon. Nothing wrong with a classical style guitar, they sound great, you just use your fingers mostly in classical. Usually not good to use a std pick for nylon strings, thumb picks ok. What kind/style/type guitar do you have?
October 26, 2011 - 6:12 pm
press 4 fast and thats what you mom is
October 26, 2011 - 6:36 pm
just started playing guitar, what is the better nylon strings down the bottom or metel?
October 26, 2011 - 7:35 pm
All the tabs I google are in E like yours. This is wrong. All the youtube ones are in F.
How can this always happen with chords on the internet?
October 26, 2011 - 7:52 pm
rong key :/ i think your a step down
October 26, 2011 - 8:21 pm
Great song for beginners (and intermediate-s) to learn, and very well taught! I had wanted to know the strumming pattern for a while (Johnny moves way too much in live videos I’ve seen to pick it up from him).
Cheers!
October 26, 2011 - 8:40 pm
When I first came here, it was just to hear a song I wanted to hear covered…but before I knew it I had my guitar in my lap and was strumming away and was surprised to learn things here and there that I had never learned before, or just things I had overlooked myself (because I’m self-taught) very cool place for beginners AND intermediate players too like myself.
October 26, 2011 - 8:50 pm
Its pretty cool how great youtube is for learning guitar. Ive created a series for beginners that you might want to check out!
Would love to know what you think, more courses are on the way!
RexPearson. com
October 26, 2011 - 9:00 pm
Haha. When I first saw the link to your website, I thought, “How odd! Why would I want to learn my guitar’s age?” :c) Nice lesson. Thx
October 26, 2011 - 9:10 pm
For strumming, i’d go down down up up down up.. but whatever
cool lesson though.
October 26, 2011 - 9:48 pm
Thanks for explaining the stum pattern!!!!