City Of New Orleans original guitar chords by 
Arlo Guthrie 
Key: F# major
Intro 1
F#
F#
Verse 1
F#
C#
F#
Riding on the City of New Orleans
D#m
B
F#
Illinois Central Monday morning rail
C#
F#
Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders
C#
F#
and twenty-five sacks of mail
Pre-chorus 1
C#
G#
Rolls along past houses, farms and fields
C#
F#
And the graveyards of the rusted automobiles
Chorus 1
B
C#
F#
Good morning America how are you?
D#m
B
F#
Said don't you know me I'm your native son
C#
F#
I'm the train they call
C#
D#m
D#m/C#
G#7/B#
The City of New Orleans
E
B/D#
C#
I'll be gone five hundred miles
Verse 2
F#
C#
Dealin' card games with the old men
D#m
B
F#
Penny a point ain't no one keepin' score
C#
F#
Pass the paper bag that holds the bottle
D#m
C#
F#
Feel the wheels rumblin' 'neath the floor
Pre-chorus 2
C#
G#
Ride their father's magic carpets made of steel
C#
F#
And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel
Chorus 2
B
C#
F#
Good morning America how are you?
D#m
B
F#
Said don't you know me I'm your native son
C#
F#
I'm the train they call
C#
D#m
D#m/C#
G#7/B#
The City of New Orleans
E
B/D#
C#
I'll be gone five hundred miles
Verse 3
F#
C#
F#
Nighttime on The City of New Orleans
D#m
B
F#
Changing cars in Memphis, Tennessee
C#
F#
Half way home, we'll be there by morning
C#
F#
Rolling down to the sea
Pre-chorus 3
C#
G#
And the steel rails still ain't heard the news
C#
F#
This train got the disappearing railroad blues
Chorus 3
B
C#
F#
Good night, America how are you?
D#m
B
F#
Said don't you know me I'm your native son
C#
F#
I'm the train they call
C#
D#m
D#m/C#
G#7/B#
The City of New Orleans
E
B/D#
C#
I'll be gone five hundred miles
Outro 1
F#
C#
F#
D#m
B
F#
F#
C#
F#
[Fade out]
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