City Of New Orleans original guitar chords by
Willie Nelson

1984Country728 views

Key: D major

Intro 1

D

D

D

D

Verse 1
D D 
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A A 
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D D 
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Riding on the City of New Orleans
Bm Bm 2
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G G 
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D D 
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Illinois Central, Monday morning rail
D D 
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A A 
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D D 
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Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders
Bm Bm 2
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Three conductors
A A 
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D D 
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and twenty- five sacks of mail

Pre-chorus 1
Bm Bm 2
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All along the southbound odyssey
F#m F#m 2
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The train pulls out of Kankakee
A A 
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E E 
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And rolls along past houses farms and fields
Bm Bm 2
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Passing trains that have no name
F#m F#m 2
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And freight-yards full of old black men
A A 
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D D 
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And the graveyards of the rusted automobiles

Chorus 1
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A A 
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D D 
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Good morning, America, how are you?
Bm Bm 2
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Say, don't you know me?
G G 
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D D 
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I'm your native son
A A 
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D D 
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I'm the train they call
A A 
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Bm Bm 2
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Bm7/A Bm7/A 3
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E7/Ab E7/Ab 2
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the City of New Orleans
C C 
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G/B G/B 
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A A 
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And I'll be gone five hundred miles
D D 
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when the day is done

Verse 2

D

A

D

Dealing cards with the old men in the club car

Bm

G

D

Penny a point, ain't no one keeping score

D

A

D

Pass that paper bag that holds the bottle

Bm

A

D

Feel the wheels rumbling 'neath the floor

Pre-chorus 2
Bm Bm 2
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And the sons of Pullman porters
F#m F#m 2
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and the sons  of engineers
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E E 
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Ride their fathers' magic carpet made of steel
Bm Bm 2
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Mothers with their babes asleep
F#m F#m 2
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rocking to that gentle beat
A A 
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D D 
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And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel

Chorus 2
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D D 
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Good morning, America, how are you?
Bm Bm 2
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Say, don't you know me?
G G 
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D D 
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I'm your native son
A A 
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D D 
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I'm the train they call
A A 
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Bm Bm 2
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Bm7/A Bm7/A 3
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E7/Ab E7/Ab 2
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the City of New Or  leans
C C 
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G/B G/B 
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A A 
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And I'll be gone five hundred miles
D D 
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when the day is done

Solo 1

G

A

D

D

Bm

G

D

A

D

A

Bm

Bm7/A

E7/Ab

C

G/B

A

D

D

Verse 3
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Night time on the City of New Orleans
Bm Bm 2
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G G 
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D D 
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Changing cars in Memphis, Tennessee
D D 
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A A 
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D D 
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Half way home we'll be there by morning
Bm Bm 2
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Through the Mississippi darkness
A A 
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D D 
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rolling down to the sea

Pre-chorus 3
Bm Bm 2
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But all the towns and people seem
F#m F#m 2
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to fade  into a bad dream
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E E 
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And the steel rails still ain't heard the news
Bm Bm 2
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The conductor sings his songs again
F#m F#m 2
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The passengers will please refrain
A A 
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This train has got
G/A G/A 3
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D D 
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the disappearing railroad blues

Chorus 3
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A A 
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D D 
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Good morning, America, how are you?
Bm Bm 2
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Say, don't you know me?
G G 
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D D 
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I'm your native son
A A 
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D D 
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I'm the train they call
A A 
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Bm Bm 2
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Bm7/A Bm7/A 3
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E7/Ab E7/Ab 2
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the City of New Or  leans
C C 
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G/B G/B 
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A A 
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And I'll be gone five hundred miles
D D 
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when the day is done

Outro 1

D

A

D

D

Bm

G

D

D

D

A

D

D

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