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City Of New Orleans chords by
Arlo Guthrie
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1971Country4.5K views
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Key: F# major
Intro 1
C
C

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Verse 1
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C

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

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Chords
  • C

  • G

  • Am

  • F

  • Em

  • D

  • Bb

Capo: 6

Transpose: 0

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The original key of City Of New Orleans by Arlo Guthrie is F# major.

The primary chords used in City Of New Orleans are F#, C#, D#m, B, A#m, G#.

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