CITY OF NEW ORLEANS (Key D Capo 2nd Fret)
C2 (x32010@1)3 4 C2 (x32010@1)3 4 C2 (x32010@1)3 4 C2 (x32010@1)3 4
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)
Ridin on the City of New Orleans,
Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1)
Illinois Central, Monday mornin rail
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)
There's fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders,
Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)
Three con-ductors and twenty five sacks of mail
Am (x02210@1) Em (022000@1)
All a-long the south bound odyssey, the train pulls in from Kankikee
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)
Rolls along past houses, farms and fields
Am (x02210@1)
Passin towns that have no names
Em (022000@1)
And freight yards full of old black men
G (320003@1) G7 (320001@1) C (x32010@1)
And the graveyards of the rusted auto-mob-iles
Chorus
F (133211@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)
Good mornin Am-erica, how are you
Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1)
I said don't you know me, I'm your native son
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1)
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
Eb (x43121@3) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) G7 (320001@1) C (x32010@1)
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done
2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)
Dealin cards with the old men in the club car,
Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1)
A penny a point, there ain't no one keepin score
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)
Pass the paper bag that holds the bottle,
Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)
I can feel the wheels a-grumblin neath the floor
Am (x02210@1)
And the sons of Pullman porters
Em (022000@1)
And the sons of engineers
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)
Ride their fathers magic carpet made of steel
Am (x02210@1)
And the mothers with their babes asleep
Em (022000@1)
Go rockin to the gentle beat
G (320003@1) G7 (320001@1) C (x32010@1)
And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel
Chorus
F (133211@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)
Good mornin Am-erica, how are you
Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1)
I said don't you know me, I'm your native son
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1)
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
Eb (x43121@3) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) G7 (320001@1) C (x32010@1)
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done
2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)
Night time on the City of New Orleans
Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1)
We're changin cars for Memphis, Tenness-ee
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)
We're halfway home and we'll be there by mornin
Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)
Through the Mississippi darkness rollin down to the sea
Am (x02210@1)
And all the towns and people seem
Em (022000@1)
To fade into a bad dream
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)
And the steel rail still ain't heard the news
Am (x02210@1)
The conductor sings his songs again,
Em (022000@1)
The passengers will please refrain
G (320003@1) G7 (320001@1) C (x32010@1)
This train's got the disapp-earin railroad blues
Chorus(twice)
F (133211@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)
Good Night Am-erica, how are you
Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1)
I said don't you know me, I'm your native son
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1)
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
Eb (x43121@3) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) G7 (320001@1) C (x32010@1)
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done
F (133211@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)
Good Night Am-erica, how are you
Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1)
I said don't you know me, I'm your native son
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1)
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
Eb (x43121@3) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) G7 (320001@1) C (x32010@1)
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done
2 3 4 1 2 3
Eb (x43121@3) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) G7 (320001@1) C (x32010@1)
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done
2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1
