City Of New Orleans chords by Willie Nelson
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Intro 1
(D major) (D major) (D major) (D major)
Verse 1
(D major) Riding on the (A major) City of New Orleans (D major)
(B minor) Illinois Central, (G major) Monday morning rail (D major)
(D major) Fifteen cars and (A major) fifteen restless riders (D major)
Three (B minor) conductors
and twenty- (A major) five sacks of mail (D major)
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Pre-chorus 1
All a (B minor) long the southbound odyssey
The train (F sharp minor) pulls out of Kankakee
And (A major) rolls along past houses farms and (E major) fields
(B minor) Passing trains that have no name
And freight-yards (F sharp minor) full of old black men
And the graveyards (A major) of the rusted automobiles (D major)
Chorus 1
(G major) Good morning, A (A major) merica, how are (D major) you?
Say, (B minor) don't you know me?
(G major) I'm your native son (D major)
(A major) I'm the (D major) train they call
the (A major) City of New Orleans (B minor) (A major) (E major)
And I'll be gone (C major) five (G major) hundred miles (A major)
when the day is (D major) done
Verse 2
Dealing (D major) cards with the (A major) old men in the club (D major) car
(B minor) Penny a point, ain't (G major) no one keeping score (D major)
(D major) Pass that paper bag (A major) that holds the bottle (D major)
Feel (B minor) the wheels rumbling (A major) 'neath the floor (D major)
Pre-chorus 2
And the sons (B minor) of Pullman porters
and the sons (F sharp minor) of engineers
Ride their (A major) fathers' magic carpet made of steel (E major)
(B minor) Mothers with their babes asleep
(F sharp minor) rocking to that gentle beat
And the rhythm (A major) of the rails is all they feel (D major)
Chorus 2
(G major) Good morning, A (A major) merica, how are (D major) you?
Say, (B minor) don't you know me?
(G major) I'm your native son (D major)
(A major) I'm the (D major) train they call
the (A major) City of New Or (B minor) (A major) leans (E major)
And I'll be gone (C major) five (G major) hundred miles (A major)
when the day is (D major) done
Solo 1
(G major) (A major) (D major) (D major)
(B minor) (G major) (D major) (A major)
(D major) (A major) (B minor) (A major) (E major)
(C major) (G major) (A major) (D major) (D major)
Verse 3
(D major) Night time on the (A major) City of New Orleans (D major)
(B minor) Changing cars in (G major) Memphis, Tennessee (D major)
(D major) Half way home we'll (A major) be there by morning (D major)
Through the (B minor) Mississippi darkness
(A major) rolling down to the sea (D major)
Pre-chorus 3
But (B minor) all the towns and people seem
to fade (F sharp minor) into a bad dream
And the (A major) steel rails still ain't heard the news (E major)
The con (B minor) ductor sings his songs again
The passengers (F sharp minor) will please refrain
This train (A major) has got
the disappearing railroad blues (D major)
Chorus 3
(G major) Good morning, A (A major) merica, how are (D major) you?
Say, (B minor) don't you know me?
(G major) I'm your native son (D major)
(A major) I'm the (D major) train they call
the (A major) City of New Or (B minor) (A major) (E major) leans
And I'll be gone (C major) five (G major) hundred miles (A major)
when the day is (D major) done
Outro 1
(D major) (A major) (D major) (D major)
(B minor) (G major) (D major) (D major)
(D major) (A major) (D major) (D major)
[Fade out]
City Of New Orleans
Willie Nelson
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