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City Of New Orleans Tab by Arlo Guthrie

City Of New Orleans tab by Arlo Guthrie

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G                  D5                 G
e|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B|------------------|--3-3---3-----3---|--3-3---3-----1-1-|-(1)--0-----------|------------------|
G|------------------|--0-0---0-----0---|--2---2-------2-2-|-(2)--0-----------|------------------|
D|------------------|--0---0-------0---|--0-------0-------|--------------0---|------0-----------|
A|------3---2---0---|--2---------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E|------------------|--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


    Em                 C                                     Dsus4              G
e|------------------|------------------|------------------|--3---2---0-------|------------------|
B|--0-0-0---0-------|--1---1---1-1---3-|-(3)--------------|--3---3---3---3---|--3-3---3-----3---|
G|--0---0---0---0---|--0---0---0-------|------------------|--2---2---2---2---|--0-----------0---|
D|--2---2---2---2---|--2---2---2---2---|------0-------0---|--0-------0-------|--0---0-------0---|
A|--2-------2-------|--3-------3-------|------------------|------------------|--2---------------|
E|--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
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                       Gadd11                                Em                 D5
e|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B|--3-3---3-----1---|--1---0-----------|--------------0-0-|--0---------------|--3-3-3---3-------|
G|--0---2-------2---|--0---0-----------|------------------|--0---0-------0---|--2---2---2---2-0-|
D|--0-------0-------|--0---0-------0---|------0-----------|--2---2-------2---|--0-------0-------|
A|------------------|--2---------------|------------------|--2---------------|------------------|
E|------------------|--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

                                         Em                                     B5(b5)    B5
e|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B|------------------|--------------0-0-|--0---0---0---0---|--0-0---0-----0---|------------------|
G|-(0)--------------|------------------|--0---0---0-------|--0-----------0---|--4---4---4---4---|
D|------0-------0---|------0-----------|--2---2---2---2---|--2---2-------2---|--3---4---3---4---|
A|------------------|------------------|--2-------2-------|--2---------------|--2-------2-------|
E|--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

                       D5                                    A
e|------------------|------------------|------------------|--0---------------|------------------|
B|------------------|--3-----3-3---3---|--3-3---3-----3---|--2---2-----------|------------------|
G|--4-----4-4---4---|--2-----2-2---2---|--2---2---0---2---|--2---2-----------|------------------|
D|--4-----4-----4---|--0-------0-------|--0---------------|--2---2-------2---|------2-----------|
A|--2-------2-------|------------------|------------------|--0-------0-------|--0-------0-------|
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------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

    Em                                    B5                                    D5
e|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B|--0---0---0-----0-|--0---0---0---0---|------------------|------------------|--3---3-------3-3-|
G|--0---0---0-----0-|--0---0---0---0---|--4---4-------4-4-|--4---4---4---4---|--2---2-------2---|
D|--2---2---2-----2-|--2---2---2---2---|------4-------4-4-|------4---4---4-4-|--0-------0-------|
A|--2-------2-------|--2-------2-------|--------------2---|------------------|------------------|
E|--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                  D
e|------------------|------------------|------------------|--3---3-------3-3-|--2-2---2---------|
B|--1-1-----1-0-----|------------------|----------1---3---|--1---1-------1-1-|--3-3---3-----1-1-|
G|--2-2-----2---2-0-|-(0)--------------|------0---2---4---|--0---0-------0---|--2---2-------2---|
D|--0-------0-------|------0-------0---|------0---2---4---|--2---2-------2---|--0-------0-------|
A|------------------|------------------|------------------|--3-------3-------|------------------|
E|------------------|--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                                     Em                 C                   G
e|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B|-(1)--0-----------|------------------|--0-----0-0---0---|--1---1---1-1-----|--3---------------|
G|------0-----------|------------------|--0-----0-0---0---|--0---0---0-0-----|--0---------------|
D|------0-------0---|------0-----------|--2-----2-2---2---|--2---2---2-2-----|--0---0-------0---|
A|------------------|------------------|--2-------2-------|--3-------3-------|--2---------------|
E|--3-------3-------|--3-------3---2---|--0-------0-------|------------------|--3-------3-------|
       you                              Don't you know me   I'm your na-tive     son

   Dsus4              G                                     Em
e|--3---2---0-------|------------------|--------------0---|--0---------------|------------------|
B|--3---3---3---3-3-|--3---3---3-----3-|--3-3---3---------|--0---------------|--------------3-3-|
G|--2---2---2---2---|--0---0---0-----0-|--2---2-----------|--0-2-0-----------|------------------|
D|--0-------0-------|--0---0---0-----0-|--0-------0-------|--2---------------|------------------|
A|------------------|--2-------2-------|------------------|--2---------------|--0---------------|
E|------------------|--3-------3-------|------------------|--0-------0-2-3-4-|------------------|
             I'm the train they call the Ci- ty   of  New Or-le-ans                       I'll be

    F       Am7       D5                  G                    F#    G
e|--1---1---0---0---|------------------|------------------|----0-2---3-------||
B|--1-------1-------|--3---3-3-1-0-----|------------------|----0-2---3-------||
G|--2-------0-------|--2-----2-------0-|-(0)--------------|----0-3---4-------||
D|--3-------2-------|--0-----0---------|------------------|------4---5-------||
A|------------------|------------------|--------0-2-0-----|------------------||
E|------------------|------------------|--3-----------0-2-|--3---------------||
  gone five hun-dred miles when the day is done



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| (n)  Ghost note

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