City Of New Orleans tab by Arlo Guthrie

Tabs

G+G         D5D5         G+G
e|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
BB|------------------|--3-3---3-----3---|--3-3---3-----1-1-|-(1)--0-----------|------------------|
G+G|------------------|--0-0---0-----0---|--2---2-------2-2-|-(2)--0-----------|------------------|
D MajorD|------------------|--0---0-------0---|--0-------0-------|--------------0---|------0-----------|
A augmentedA|------3---2---0---|--2---------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E MajorE|------------------|--3-------3-------|------------------|--3-------3-------|--3-------3---2---|
Verse 1::      Ri-ding on the  ci-ty  of New  Or-leans
Verse 2::      Dealing card games w/the ol men in the clubcar
Verse 3::      Night-time on the  ci-ty  of New  Or-leans


  E minorEm         C majorC                   Dsus4Dsus4       G+G
e|------------------|------------------|------------------|--3---2---0-------|------------------|
BB|--0-0-0---0-------|--1---1---1-1---3-|-(3)--------------|--3---3---3---3---|--3-3---3-----3---|
G+G|--0---0---0---0---|--0---0---0-------|------------------|--2---2---2---2---|--0-----------0---|
D MajorD|--2---2---2---2---|--2---2---2---2---|------0-------0---|--0-------0-------|--0---0-------0---|
A augmentedA|--2-------2-------|--3-------3-------|------------------|------------------|--2---------------|
E MajorE|--0-------0-------|------------------|--3-------3-------|------------------|--3-------3-------|
 Illinois Central  Mon- day morning  rail                 Fif-teen cars and
 Penny a point ain't no one keepin' score                  Pass the pa- per
 Changing cars in  Memphis, Ten- nes- see                  Half-way home

            Gadd11                E minorEm         D5D5
e|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
BB|--3-3---3-----1---|--1---0-----------|--------------0-0-|--0---------------|--3-3-3---3-------|
G+G|--0---2-------2---|--0---0-----------|------------------|--0---0-------0---|--2---2---2---2-0-|
D MajorD|--0-------0-------|--0---0-------0---|------0-----------|--2---2-------2---|--0-------0-------|
A augmentedA|------------------|--2---------------|------------------|--2---------------|------------------|
E MajorE|------------------|--3-------3-------|--3-------3-------|--0-------0-------|------------------|
 fif-teen restless  riders          Three con- duc- tors and twenty-five sacks of mail
 bag that holds the bot-tle               Feel the wheels rumblin' neath the floor
 n' we'll be there by mornin'        Through the Mississippi darkness rollin' down to the sea

                     E minorEm                   B5(b5)  B5B5
e|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
BB|------------------|--------------0-0-|--0---0---0---0---|--0-0---0-----0---|------------------|
G+G|-(0)--------------|------------------|--0---0---0-------|--0-----------0---|--4---4---4---4---|
D MajorD|------0-------0---|------0-----------|--2---2---2---2---|--2---2-------2---|--3---4---3---4---|
A augmentedA|------------------|------------------|--2-------2-------|--2---------------|--2-------2-------|
E MajorE|--3-------3-------|--3-------3-------|--0-------0-------|--0-------0-------|------------------|
               All a-  long the southbound o- dy- ssey the  train pulls out at
                 And the sons of Pullman Porters     and the sons of en- gi-
                But all the towns and peop- le seem      to fade in-to a

            D5D5                  A augmentedA
e|------------------|------------------|------------------|--0---------------|------------------|
BB|------------------|--3-----3-3---3---|--3-3---3-----3---|--2---2-----------|------------------|
G+G|--4-----4-4---4---|--2-----2-2---2---|--2---2---0---2---|--2---2-----------|------------------|
D MajorD|--4-----4-----4---|--0-------0-------|--0---------------|--2---2-------2---|------2-----------|
A augmentedA|--2-------2-------|------------------|------------------|--0-------0-------|--0-------0-------|
E MajorE|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------3-2-0-|
 Kan- ka-kee and  rolls a- long the hous-es farms and fi- elds
 neers  ride their fa- thers ma- gic car- pet made of steel
 bad dream   and the steel rails still ain't heard the news

  E minorEm                  B5B5                  D5D5
e|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
BB|--0---0---0-----0-|--0---0---0---0---|------------------|------------------|--3---3-------3-3-|
G+G|--0---0---0-----0-|--0---0---0---0---|--4---4-------4-4-|--4---4---4---4---|--2---2-------2---|
D MajorD|--2---2---2-----2-|--2---2---2---2---|------4-------4-4-|------4---4---4-4-|--0-------0-------|
A augmentedA|--2-------2-------|--2-------2-------|--------------2---|------------------|------------------|
E MajorE|--0-------0-------|--0-------0-------|----------2-------|------------------|------------------|
 Passing graves that have no name and freightyards full of old black men and the graveyard of the
 Mot- hers w/ their babes as- leep  are rockin' to the gentle beat    and the rhythm of the
 The conductor sings his songs again the passengers will please refrain this train got the dis-a-

  Amadd11(no5)/D                Am/E    C majorC         D MajorD
e|------------------|------------------|------------------|--3---3-------3-3-|--2-2---2---------|
BB|--1-1-----1-0-----|------------------|----------1---3---|--1---1-------1-1-|--3-3---3-----1-1-|
G+G|--2-2-----2---2-0-|-(0)--------------|------0---2---4---|--0---0-------0---|--2---2-------2---|
D MajorD|--0-------0-------|------0-------0---|------0---2---4---|--2---2-------2---|--0-------0-------|
A augmentedA|------------------|------------------|------------------|--3-------3-------|------------------|
E MajorE|------------------|--3-------3-------|--3---------------|------------------|------------------|
 rusted au-to mob-ile         Chorus::     Good mor'- nin' A- mer- i- ca how are
 rail is a- ll they hear        Chorus::     Good mor'- nin'
 pearing ra- il road blues       Chorus::     Good ni- ght

  G+G                   E minorEm         C majorC          G+G
e|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
BB|-(1)--0-----------|------------------|--0-----0-0---0---|--1---1---1-1-----|--3---------------|
G+G|------0-----------|------------------|--0-----0-0---0---|--0---0---0-0-----|--0---------------|
D MajorD|------0-------0---|------0-----------|--2-----2-2---2---|--2---2---2-2-----|--0---0-------0---|
A augmentedA|------------------|------------------|--2-------2-------|--3-------3-------|--2---------------|
E MajorE|--3-------3-------|--3-------3---2---|--0-------0-------|------------------|--3-------3-------|
    you               Don't you know me  I'm your na-tive   son

  Dsus4Dsus4       G+G                   E minorEm
e|--3---2---0-------|------------------|--------------0---|--0---------------|------------------|
BB|--3---3---3---3-3-|--3---3---3-----3-|--3-3---3---------|--0---------------|--------------3-3-|
G+G|--2---2---2---2---|--0---0---0-----0-|--2---2-----------|--0-2-0-----------|------------------|
D MajorD|--0-------0-------|--0---0---0-----0-|--0-------0-------|--2---------------|------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------|--2-------2-------|------------------|--2---------------|--0---------------|
E MajorE|------------------|--3-------3-------|------------------|--0-------0-2-3-4-|------------------|
       I'm the train they call the Ci- ty  of New Or-le-ans            I'll be

  FF    Am7Am7    D5D5         G+G          F#F#  G+G
e|--1---1---0---0---|------------------|------------------|----0-2---3-------||
BB|--1-------1-------|--3---3-3-1-0-----|------------------|----0-2---3-------||
G+G|--2-------0-------|--2-----2-------0-|-(0)--------------|----0-3---4-------||
D MajorD|--3-------2-------|--0-----0---------|------------------|------4---5-------||
A augmentedA|------------------|------------------|--------0-2-0-----|------------------||
E MajorE|------------------|------------------|--3-----------0-2-|--3---------------||
 gone five hun-dred miles when the day is done


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