The City Of New Orleans chords by Rhonda Vincent

• Capo on 4th
• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: B

Verse 1:

G             D             G
Ridin' on the City of New Orleans
Em               C              G
Illinois Central Monday mornin' rail
        G            D           G
There's 15 cars, and 15 restless riders
Em               D           G
3 conductors and 25 sacks of mail

     Em                                 Bm
All along a southbound odyssey, and the train pulls out of Kankakee
    D                                      A
And rolls along past the houses, farms and fields
Em                                    Bm
Passin' trains that have no name, and freightyards full of old black men
        D                 D7           G
And the graveyards of the rusted automobiles

Chorus:

         C             D7          G
Singin', Good mornin' America, how are ya?
Em                  C               G      D7
Don't you know me , I'm your native son
        G                   D           Em   D   A7
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
        F         C       D                     G
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.


Verse 2:

        G                   D              G
Dealin’ card games with the old men in the club car.
Em                   C              G
Penny a point, ain’t no one keepin' score
         G              D                   G
Won't ya pass the paper bag that holds that bottle.
        Em              D                   G
You can feel the wheels rumblin' ‘neath the floor.

        Em                               Bm
And the sons of Pullman Porters, and the sons of engineers
           D                             A
Ride their father's magic carpet made of steel
Em                                  Bm
Mothers with their babes asleep are rockin’ to the gentle beat
        D                      D7       G
And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel.


Chorus:

         C             D7          G
Singin', Good mornin' America, how are ya?
Em                  C               G      D7
Don't you know me , I'm your native son
        G                   D           Em   D   A7
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
        F         C       D                     G
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.


Instrumental:

 Em  Bm  D  A  Em  Bm  D  D7 G    C  D7  G  Em  C  G  D7  G  D  Em D A7  F  C  D  G


Verse 3:

G                D           G
Nighttime on the City of New Orleans.
Em               C             G
Changin’ cars in Memphis, Tennessee
G                  D                 G
Half way home, and we'll be there by mornin'
            Em                   D                   G
Through the Mississippi darkness rollin’ down to the sea.

    Em                               Bm
But all the towns and people seem to fade into a bad dream
        D                                 A
And the steel rails still ain't heard the news
        Em                              Bm
The conductor sings his songs again the passengers will please refrain
D                      D7                    G
This train has got the disappearin’ railroad blues


Chorus:

         C             D7          G
Singin', Good mornin' America, how are ya?
Em                  C               G      D7
Don't you know me , I'm your native son
        G                   D           Em   D   A7
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
        F         C       D                     G
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.