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City Of New Orleans Tab by Willie Nelson

  • D

  • A

  • Bm

    2

  • G

  • F#m

    2

  • E

  • Bm7/A

    3

  • E7/G#

    2

  • C

  • G/B

  • G/A

    3
Intro 1
D
D
D
D
Verse 1
D
A
D
Riding on the City of New Orleans
Bm
G
D
Illinois Central, Monday morning rail
D
A
D
Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders
Bm
Three conductors
A
D
and twenty- five sacks of mail

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Pre-chorus 1
Bm
All along the southbound odyssey
F#m
The train pulls out of Kankakee
A
E
And rolls along past houses farms and fields
Bm
Passing trains that have no name
F#m
And freight-yards full of old black men
A
D
And the graveyards of the rusted automobiles
Chorus 1
G
A
D
Good morning, America, how are you?
Bm
Say, don't you know me?
G
D
I'm your native son
A
D
I'm the train they call
A
Bm
Bm7/A
E7/G#
the City of New Orleans
C
G/B
A
And I'll be gone five hundred miles
D
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
And the sons of Pullman porters
F#m
and the sons of engineers
A
E
Ride their fathers' magic carpet made of steel
Bm
Mothers with their babes asleep
F#m
rocking to that gentle beat
A
D
And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel
Chorus 2
G
A
D
Good morning, America, how are you?
Bm
Say, don't you know me?
G
D
I'm your native son
A
D
I'm the train they call
A
Bm
Bm7/A
E7/G#
the City of New Orleans
C
G/B
A
And I'll be gone five hundred miles
D
when the day is done
Solo 1
G
A
E|-----10------10------10------9----|-----9-------9--------------------| B|-----12------12------12------10---|-----10------10----------12--12---| G|----------------------------------|-------------------------12--12---| D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
D
D
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|---------10--10-------------------|-----------------------------12---| G|---------11--11-------------------|-----------------9h--11-----------| D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Bm
G
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|-----12------12------------10h12--|---------12--12--12------10--10---| G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
D
A
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|-(10)-----------------------------|---------10-----------------------| G|----------------------------------|-------------------------12-------| D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
D
A
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|-----------------------------10---|-----10------10------12-----------| G|-11------11--11--11----11---------|-----------------------------10---| D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Bm
Bm7/A
E7/G#
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|-----------------------------13---| G|-----------------------------10---|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------|-------------12--11--12-----------| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
C
G/B
A
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|---------13--13--12------12--12---|-10------10--10--10---------------| G|----------------------------------|---------------------10-----------| D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
D
D
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| D|-12-------------------------------|-(12)-----------------------------| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Verse 3
D
A
D
Night time on the City of New Orleans
Bm
G
D
Changing cars in Memphis, Tennessee
D
A
D
Half way home we'll be there by morning
Bm
Through the Mississippi darkness
A
D
rolling down to the sea
Pre-chorus 3
Bm
But all the towns and people seem
F#m
to fade into a bad dream
A
E
And the steel rails still ain't heard the news
Bm
The conductor sings his songs again
F#m
The passengers will please refrain
A
This train has got
G/A
D
the disappearing railroad blues
Chorus 3
G
A
D
Good morning, America, how are you?
Bm
Say, don't you know me?
G
D
I'm your native son
A
D
I'm the train they call
A
Bm
Bm7/A
E7/G#
the City of New Orleans
C
G/B
A
And I'll be gone five hundred miles
D
when the day is done
D
E|----------------------------------| B|-------------------------10--10---| G|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4
Outro 1
D
A
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|-----10------10------10------10---|---------10--10--10---------------| G|----------------------------------|---------------------12------12---| D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
D
D
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|-----11------11-------------------|-------------------------9--------| D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Bm
G
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|---------------------------10h12--|-------------12--12------10--10---| G|-11--11------11-------------------|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
D
D
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|-(10)-----------------------------|----------------------------------| G|----------------------------------|-----14------14------14------14---| D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------|-----12------12------12------12---| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
D
A
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|-------------14--14----14----14---|-------------12--12----12----12---| D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| A|-------------12--12----12----12---|-------------10--10----10----10---| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
D
D
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|-----11------11-------------------|-(11)-----------------------------| D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| A|-----9-------9--------------------|-(9)------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
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