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City Of New Orleans chords by
Carry & Ron
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Key: Ab major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Riding down to
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the city of New Orleans
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Illinois Central,
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Monday morning rail
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Fifteen cars and fifteen residents,
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riders
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Three conductors,
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twenty -five sexes, male
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All along this housebound that you say
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the train pulls out of Kankakee
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There was a lot of houses,
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farms and fields
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Passing towns that had no names
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And fray yards full of old black manes
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And the graveyards of the
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rusted automobiles
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Good morning America, how are you?
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Say, don't you know me,
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I'm your native son
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I'm the train that crosses the
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city of New Orleans
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And I'll be gone five hundred miles
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when the day is done
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Dealing cards to the old
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man in a club car
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Plenty of points and no
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one's keeping score
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Pass the paper by
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that holstered bottle
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You can feel the wheels
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and crumbling needle floor
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The sons of bowmen, porters,
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and the sons of engineers
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Ride the fun and magic of
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the middle stream
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And mothers with their babes asleep
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are rocking to the jam beat
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And the rhythm of the rail
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is what they dream
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Good morning America, how are you?
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Say, don't you know me,
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I'm your native son
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I'm the train that calls
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the city of New Orleans
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And I've begun 500 miles
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where the day is done
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Nighttime on the city of New Orleans
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Changing cars in Memphis,
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Tennessee
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Halfway home and we'll be
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there by morning
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Through Mississippi darkness
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rolling to the sea
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But all the towns and people
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seem to fade into a fair green
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The steel rail hasn't heard the news
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The conductor sings his songs again,
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and the passenger would please refrain
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As his train's gone,
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a disappearing river of blues
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Good morning America, how are you?
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Say, don't you know me?
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I'm your native son
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I'm the train called the City
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of New Or leans
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And I've begun 500 miles
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when the day is done
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Yeah, good morning America,
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how are you?
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Say, don't you know me?
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I'm your native son
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I'm a train called the City
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of New Orleans
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And I've begun 500 miles
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when the day is done
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And I'll be gone five hundred miles
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when the day is done

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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Open Tuner
Chords
  • A

  • C

  • D

  • G

  • Em

  • Bm

    2
  • F

Capo: 1

Transpose: 0

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The original key of City Of New Orleans by Carry & Ron is Ab major.

The primary chords used in City Of New Orleans are Bb, Db, Eb, Ab, Fm, Cm.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 1 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like Bb, Db, Eb, Ab, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of City Of New Orleans is approximately 176 beats per minute.

You can easily change the key of City Of New Orleans using our Transpose button located in the toolbar. This will automatically update all chord diagrams on the page to match your new key.

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