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.