City Of New Orleans chords by Willie Nelson

Chords with lyrics

D MajorD        A augmentedA       D MajorD
Ridin' on the City of New Orleans
B minorBm        G+G       D MajorD
Illinois Central Monday mornin' rail
D MajorD        A augmentedA        D MajorD
There's 15 cars, and 15 restless riders
B minorBm       A augmentedA       D MajorD
3 conductors and 25 sacks of mail

B minorBm                F# minorF#m
All along a southbound oddyssey, and the train pulls out of Kankakee
A augmentedA                     E MajorE
And rolls along past the houses, farms and fields
B minorBm                F# minorF#m
Passin' trains that have no name, and freightyards full of old black men
A augmentedA         A7A7         D MajorD
The graveyards of the rusted automobiles

Chorus:
G+G       A7A7        D MajorD
Good mornin' America, how are you?
    B minorBm         G+G        D MajorD     A7A7
Sayin' don't you know me?, I'm your native son
    D MajorD          A augmentedA      Bm-Bm7-E7
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
    C majorC   G+G  A augmentedA           D MajorD
I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done.

D MajorD          A augmentedA              D MajorD
Dealin' card games with the old men in the club car.
B minorBm       G+G           D MajorD
Penny a point, ain't no one keepin' score
D MajorD        A augmentedA           D MajorD
Pass the paper bag that holds that bottle.
B minorBm       A augmentedA          D MajorD
Hear the wheels rumblin' 'neath the floor.

B minorBm                               F# minorF#m
And the sons of Pullman Porters, and the sons of engineers
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Ride their father's magic carpet made of steel
B minorBm                 F# minorF#m
Mothers with their babes asleep are rockin' to the gentle beat
A augmentedA           A7A7        D MajorD
And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel.

Chorus:
G+G      A7A7        D MajorD
Good mornin' America, how are you?
    B minorBm       G+G       D MajorD   A7A7
Sayin' don't you know me?, I'm your native son
    D MajorD          A augmentedA      Bm-Bm7-E7
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
    C majorC   G+G  A augmentedA           D MajorD
I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done.

D MajorD        A augmentedA      D MajorD
Nighttime on the City of New Orleans.
B minorBm        G+G       D MajorD
Changin' cars in Memphis, Tennessee
D MajorD         A augmentedA         D MajorD
Half way home, and we'll be there by mornin'
      B minorBm          A augmentedA          D MajorD
Through the Mississippi darkness rollin' down to the sea.

B minorBm              F# minorF#m
And all the towns and people seem to fade into a bad dream
    A augmentedA                 E MajorE
And the steel rails still ain't heard the news
    B minorBm               F# minorF#m
The conductor sings his songs again the passengers will please refrain
    A augmentedA         A7A7        E MajorE
This train has got the disappearin' railroad blues

Chorus:
G+G      A7A7        D MajorD
Good mornin' America, how are you?
    B minorBm       G+G       D MajorD   A7A7
Sayin' don't you know me?, I'm your native son
    D MajorD          A augmentedA      Bm-Bm7-E7
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
    C majorC   G+G  A augmentedA           D MajorD
I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done.