City Of New Orleans chords by Arlo Guthrie
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Intro 1
(C major) (C major)
Verse 1
(C major) Riding on the City (G major) of New Orleans (C major)
(A minor) Illinois Central (F major) Monday morning (C major) rail
Fifteen cars and fifteen (G major) restless riders (C major)
Three con (A minor) ductors
and (G major) twenty-five sacks of mail (C major)
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Pre-chorus 1
All a (A minor) long the southbound odyssey
The (E minor) train pulls out at Kankakee
(G major) Rolls along past houses, farms and fields (D major)
(A minor) Passin' trains that have no names
(E minor) Freight yards full of old black men
And the (G major) graveyards of the rusted automobiles (C major)
Chorus 1
(F major) Good morning A (G major) merica how (C major) are you?
Said (A minor) don't you know me (F major) I'm your native (C major) son
(G major) I'm the (C major) train they call
The (G major) City of New Orleans (A minor) (D major)
I'll be gone (B flat major) five hundred miles (G major)
when the day is (C major) done
Verse 2
Dealin' (C major) card games with the (G major) old men
in the club (C major) cars
(A minor) Penny a point ain't no (F major) one keepin' (C major) score
Pass the paper bag (G major) that holds the (C major) bottle
(A minor) Feel the wheels (G major) rumblin' 'neath the floor (C major)
Pre-chorus 2
And the sons (A minor) of Pullman porters
And the sons (E minor) of engineers
Ride their (G major) father's magic carpets made of steel (D major)
(A minor) Mothers with their babes asleep
Are (E minor) rockin' to the gentle beat
And the (G major) rhythm of the rails is all they (C major) feel
Chorus 2
(F major) Good morning A (G major) merica how (C major) are you?
Said (A minor) don't you know me (F major) I'm your native (C major) son
(G major) I'm the (C major) train they call
The (G major) City of New Orleans (A minor) (D major)
I'll be gone (B flat major) five hundred miles (G major)
when the day is (C major) done
Verse 3
(C major) Nighttime on The (G major) City of New Orleans (C major)
(A minor) Changing cars in (F major) Memphis, Tennessee (C major)
Half way home, (G major) we'll be there by (C major) morning
Through the (A minor) Mississippi darkness
(G major) Rolling down to the sea (C major)
Pre-chorus 3
But all (A minor) the towns and people seem
To (E minor) fade into a bad dream
And the (G major) steel rails still ain't heard the news (D major)
The conductor (A minor) sings his songs again
The (E minor) passengers will please refrain
This (G major) train got the disappearing railroad (C major) blues
Chorus 3
(F major) Good night, A (G major) merica how (C major) are you?
Said (A minor) don't you know me (F major) I'm your native (C major) son
(G major) I'm the (C major) train they call
The (G major) City of New Orleans (A minor) (D major)
I'll be gone (B flat major) five hundred miles (G major)
when the day is (C major) done
Outro 1
(C major) (G major) (C major)
(A minor) (F major) (C major)
(C major) (G major) (C major)
[Fade out]
City Of New Orleans
Arlo Guthrie
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