CITY OF NEW ORLEANS     -       Arlo Guthrie

Capo on 4th

Intro:  D

D (xx0232@1)              A (x02220@1)        D (xx0232@1)                                      
   Riding on the    City of    New Orleans
Bm (x24432@1)                 G (320003@1)               D (xx0232@1)     D (xx0232@1)                     
    Illinois Central    Monday morning    rail  
D (xx0232@1)                 A (x02220@1)                 D (xx0232@1)                          
   Fifteen cars and    fifteen restless    riders
Bm (x24432@1)                     A (x02220@1)                     D (xx0232@1)                  
    Three conductors and    twenty-five sacks of    mail.
         Bm (x24432@1)                                                      
All a -    long the south bound odyssey, -
                                                                 
the F#m  train pulls out of Kenkakee
A (x02220@1)                                  E (022100@1)                            
   Rolls along past houses farms and    fields
Bm (x24432@1)                                                                
    Passing trains that have no name, -
F#m (244222@1)                                                                
     freight yards of old black men
     A (x02220@1)              A7 (x02020@1)               D (xx0232@1)                         
And    graveyards of    rusted automo -    biles.

Chorus:
G (320003@1)                 A7 (x02020@1)            D (xx0232@1)                               
   Good morning A -     merica, how    are you?
      Bm (x24432@1)                   G (320003@1)                D (xx0232@1)        A7 (x02020@1)        
Say,     don't you know me,    I'm your native     son. -    I'm
     D (xx0232@1)                     A (x02220@1)            Bm (x24432@1)       Bm/A- (x04440@1)E7/Ab               
the     train they call the    City of New    Orleans 
         C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)        A (x02220@1)                      D (xx0232@1)      D (xx0232@1)  
I'll be    gone five    hundred    miles when the day is    done.

D (xx0232@1)                    A (x02220@1)               D (xx0232@1)               
Dealing    card games with the    old men in the    club car
Bm (x24432@1)                   G (320003@1)               D (xx0232@1)      D (xx0232@1)                   
   Penny a point ain't    no one keeping    score 
D (xx0232@1)               A (x02220@1)                    D (xx0232@1)                         
   Pass the paper    bag that hold?s the    bottle
Bm (x24432@1)               A (x02220@1)                    D (xx0232@1)                         
   Feel the wheels    rumbling 'neath the    floor
         Bm (x24432@1)                                 F#m (244222@1)                   
And the    sons of Pullman porters - and the    sons of engineers
            A (x02220@1)                               E (022100@1)                  
Ride their    father's magic carpets made of    steel
Bm (x24432@1)                               F#m (244222@1)                               
    Mother with her babes asleep -     rocking to the gentle beat
         A (x02220@1)              A7 (x02020@1)                 D (xx0232@1)                   
And the    rhythm of the    rails is all they    feel.

Chorus:
G (320003@1)                 A7 (x02020@1)            D (xx0232@1)                               
   Good morning A -     merica, how    are you?
      Bm (x24432@1)                   G (320003@1)                D (xx0232@1)        A7 (x02020@1)        
Say,     don't you know me,    I'm your native     son. -    I'm
     D (xx0232@1)                     A (x02220@1)            Bm (x24432@1)       Bm/A- (x04440@1)E7/Ab               
the     train they call the    City of New    Orleans 
         C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)        A (x02220@1)                      D (xx0232@1)      D (xx0232@1)  
I'll be    gone five    hundred    miles when the day is    done.

D (xx0232@1)                  A (x02220@1)            D (xx0232@1)                              
   Night time on the    City of New    Orleans
Bm (x24432@1)                 G (320003@1)                 D (xx0232@1)    D (xx0232@1)                     
    Changing cars in    Memphis Tennes -    see 
D (xx0232@1)             A (x02220@1)                  D (xx0232@1)                             
   Halfway home    we'll be there by    morning
             Bm (x24432@1)                    A (x02220@1)                    D (xx0232@1)      
through the    Mississippi darkness    rolling down to the    sea.
     Bm (x24432@1)                                  F#m (244222@1)                      
But    all the towns and people seem - to     fade into a dark dream
         A (x02220@1)                                 E (022100@1)                   
And the    steel rail still ain't heard the    news
           Bm (x24432@1)                                   F#m (244222@1)               
The con -    ductor sings his songs again, - the     passengers will please refrain
      A (x02220@1)                      A7 (x02020@1)                D (xx0232@1)               
This    train got the disap -    pearing railroad    blues.

Chorus:
G (320003@1)                 A7 (x02020@1)            D (xx0232@1)                               
   Good morning A -     merica, how    are you?
      Bm (x24432@1)                   G (320003@1)                D (xx0232@1)        A7 (x02020@1)        
Say,     don't you know me,    I'm your native     son. -    I'm
     D (xx0232@1)                     A (x02220@1)            Bm (x24432@1)       Bm/A- (x04440@1)E7/Ab               
the     train they call the    City of New    Orleans 
         C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)        A (x02220@1)                      D (xx0232@1)      D (xx0232@1)  
I'll be    gone five    hundred    miles when the day is    done.

Outro:
D - A - D - Bm - G - D     fade during playing

D (xx0232@1)   xx0232
A (x02220@1)   x02220
Bm    x24432
G (320003@1)   320033
F#m   244222
E (022100@1)   022100
A7    x02020
Bm/A  x04432
E7/Ab 422430
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