City Of New Orleans chords by Jonas fjeld, Judy Collins
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Verse 1
(G major) (C major) You (G major) can (D major) (G major) sing on the
chorus if you want.
Ridin' (C major) on the (G major) city of New (C major) Orleans,
(A minor) Illinois
Central, (F major) Monday mornin' (C major) rail,
(G major) 15 (C major) cars
and (G major) 15 restless riders, (C major)
their three conductors, (A minor)
And twenty (G major) -five sacks of maize (C major)
(A minor) On the southbound odyssey
That trembles (E minor) out at Kankakee
(G major) Rolls along past houses,
farms and (D major) fields
Passing (A minor) trains that have no name
Freight (E minor) yards full of old black men
(G major) In the graveyards of the
rusted automo (C major) biles
Good (F major) morning, America, (G major) how (C major) are you?
Oh, (A minor) don't you know me?
I'm (F major) your native son (C major)
I'm (G major) the train (C major) they call the
(G major) city of New (D major) (A minor) Orleans
I'll be gone (B flat major) 500 (F major) miles (G major)
when the day is (C major) done
Dealing card games
with the (G major) old men in the club (C major) cars
At a (A minor) penny a point,
you know (F major) I'm keeping score (C major) (G major)
Pass (C major) the paper bag (G major)
that holds the bottle (C major)
Feel the (A minor) wheels run (G major) beneath the floor (C major)
And (A minor) the sons of home importers,
son (E minor) s of engineers
Ride (G major) their father's magic
carpet made of steel (D major)
And (A minor) mothers with their babes asleep
Just a (E minor) -rockin' to the Genevieve
And the rhyth (G major) m of the
rails is all they (C major) feel
That's Dave Wilson
Good (F major) morning, (G major) America, how are (C major) you?
Oh, (A minor) don't you know me?
I'm (F major) the Native son (C major) (G major)
I'm the train (C major) they call the
(G major) City of (A minor) New Orleans
I'll be gone (B flat major) for a (F major) hundred miles (G major)
when the day is (C major) done (G major) (C major) (A minor)
(F major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (A minor)
(G major) (C major)
(A minor) John Teer (Adim) (C minor) (E minor) (G major)
(D major) (A minor) (E minor)
(G major) (C major) (F major) (C major)
That's Mr. Russ Walden
on the piano. (G major) (C major)
We're changing (A minor) cars in (F major) Memphis,
Ten (C major) (A minor) ness (G major) ee
Halfway (C major) home and we'll (G major)
be there by morning (C major)
Through the Mississippi dark (A minor) ness,
rolling (G major) down to the sea (C major)
An (A minor) d all the towns and people
seem to change (E minor) into a bad dream
(G major) Those steel rails, (D major) still they do the news
The con (A minor) ductor sings his songs again
(E minor) Passengers are pleased, refrained
(G major) This train got to disappearing,
railroad (C major) blues
There's (F major) one man in (G major) America,
how (C major) are you?
Lord, (A minor) don't you know me?
I'm (F major) your native son (C major)
I'm (G major) the train (C major) they call the
(G major) city of New (A minor) Orleans
I'll be gone (B flat major) by a (F major) hundred miles (G major)
when the day is (C major) done
I'll be gone (B flat major) a (F major) million miles (G major)
when the race is (C major) run
I'll be (B flat major) gone, (F major) gone, (C major) gone (G major) (C major) (G major) (C major)
Thank you so much
Thank you, thank you
Well, of course Jonas is
a magnificent writer
and I'm going to turn things over to him
to tell you about this next beautiful song.
Okay, so this is a song
from our brand new album,
Winter Stories.
And this is a title song from the album
and lyrics by the great Russell Walden.
City Of New Orleans
Jonas Fjeld, Judy Collins
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