Lauren Bateman teaches Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues" using just D and E chords. The key is a fast 16th-note strumming pattern with accents on the "and" beats to get the feel right.
D and E.
16th notes (counted "1e and a 2e and a 3e and a 4e and").
Alternating down-up strokes (on each 16th subdivision).
All right, we're gonna get peppy on today's song which is Johnny Cash Folsom Frisian blues. And we're actually gonna use a 16th note pattern so there's gonna be a lot of strumming by playing a chord. The chords we're gonna need for this are a D.
And E. And the.
Strumming pattern is gonna be all alternating down ups. It's gonna be 1e and a 2e and a 3e and a 4e and a 1e.
And a 2e.
And A. Dreamy.
And if you're feeling like you want to spice it up, you can accent all of those ands. One e.
And a two and a three E and a four E and A.
Okay. And it's actually quite peppy. It's going to sound like this.
I hear the train coming Rolling round the bend Light seeing the sunshine Since I don't know where I'm stuck in for some on.
