Chords for Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion "City Of New Orleans" @ Eddie Owen Presents
Tempo:
66.75 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
Em
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C] [G] [C]
[G] Riding [D] on the city [G] of New Orleans
[Em] In the central [C] Monday [G] morning
[C]
[G] Fifteen cars [D] and fifteen restless [G] riders
Three [E] conductors, [D] twenty-five sex [G] men
All along [Em] the southbound R [Bm]-C
Train pulls out, hand the [D] key
Roads along, past houses, farms and [A] fields
[Em]
Chassin' trains that have no [Bm] names
Graveyards full of old black [D] men
In the [C] graveyards of the rusted [G] automobile
Alright, help me sing it now
[C] All that [D] night, Mary, [G] how are you?
[Em] Say, don't you know [C] me?
I am the [G] native son
[D] I'm [G] the train they call [D] City of [Em] New Orleans
[A] I've [F] gone five hundred [D] miles in the day, [G] it's done
[C] [G]
[C] [G] New car games [D] with the old men in [G] the club car
[Em] Plenty of porn, [C] ain't no one [G] keepin' score
[C] Pass [G] the paper [D] bag that [G] holds the bottle
And [E] feel the [D] wheels rumblin' beneath [G] the floor
And [Em] the sons of poor men, porters
And [Bm] the sons of engineers
Ride [D] their father's magic car made [A] of steel
[Em] Mothers with their babes asleep
[Bm]
Rockin' to the gentle beat
[D] And the rhythm of [C] the rails with [G] all their feet
[C] All that night, [D] Mary, [G] how are you?
[Em] Say, don't you know me?
[C] I am the [G] native son
[D] [G] I'm the train they [F#m] call City [Em] of New Orleans
[A] [F] I've gone five [D] hundred miles in the [G] day, it's done
[C] [G]
[D] Nighttime on the City [G] of New Orleans
[Em]
Changing [C] cars in Memphis, [G] Tennessee
[C] [G]
Halfway [D] home, we'll be [G] there by morning
[Em] Through the Mississippi [D] darkness, rolling [G] down to the sea
[Em] And all the towns and people sing [Bm] to fade into the bad [D] days
Tennessee rail still ain't [A] heard the news
The [Em]
conductor sings his songs [Bm] again
Passengers, oh please refrain
[D] This train's got to [C] disappear in the [G] rain above the blues
[C] All that [D] night, America, [G] how are you?
[Em] Say, don't you know [C] me?
I am your [G] native son
[D] [G] I'm the train they [D] call City [Em] of New Orleans
[A] I've gone five [D] hundred miles in the [G] day, it's done
[C] [G]
[G] Riding [D] on the city [G] of New Orleans
[Em] In the central [C] Monday [G] morning
[C]
[G] Fifteen cars [D] and fifteen restless [G] riders
Three [E] conductors, [D] twenty-five sex [G] men
All along [Em] the southbound R [Bm]-C
Train pulls out, hand the [D] key
Roads along, past houses, farms and [A] fields
[Em]
Chassin' trains that have no [Bm] names
Graveyards full of old black [D] men
In the [C] graveyards of the rusted [G] automobile
Alright, help me sing it now
[C] All that [D] night, Mary, [G] how are you?
[Em] Say, don't you know [C] me?
I am the [G] native son
[D] I'm [G] the train they call [D] City of [Em] New Orleans
[A] I've [F] gone five hundred [D] miles in the day, [G] it's done
[C] [G]
[C] [G] New car games [D] with the old men in [G] the club car
[Em] Plenty of porn, [C] ain't no one [G] keepin' score
[C] Pass [G] the paper [D] bag that [G] holds the bottle
And [E] feel the [D] wheels rumblin' beneath [G] the floor
And [Em] the sons of poor men, porters
And [Bm] the sons of engineers
Ride [D] their father's magic car made [A] of steel
[Em] Mothers with their babes asleep
[Bm]
Rockin' to the gentle beat
[D] And the rhythm of [C] the rails with [G] all their feet
[C] All that night, [D] Mary, [G] how are you?
[Em] Say, don't you know me?
[C] I am the [G] native son
[D] [G] I'm the train they [F#m] call City [Em] of New Orleans
[A] [F] I've gone five [D] hundred miles in the [G] day, it's done
[C] [G]
[D] Nighttime on the City [G] of New Orleans
[Em]
Changing [C] cars in Memphis, [G] Tennessee
[C] [G]
Halfway [D] home, we'll be [G] there by morning
[Em] Through the Mississippi [D] darkness, rolling [G] down to the sea
[Em] And all the towns and people sing [Bm] to fade into the bad [D] days
Tennessee rail still ain't [A] heard the news
The [Em]
conductor sings his songs [Bm] again
Passengers, oh please refrain
[D] This train's got to [C] disappear in the [G] rain above the blues
[C] All that [D] night, America, [G] how are you?
[Em] Say, don't you know [C] me?
I am your [G] native son
[D] [G] I'm the train they [D] call City [Em] of New Orleans
[A] I've gone five [D] hundred miles in the [G] day, it's done
[C] [G]
Key:
G
D
C
Em
Bm
G
D
C
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] Riding [D] on the city [G] of New Orleans _
[Em] In the central [C] Monday [G] morning
_ [C] _ _
[G] Fifteen cars [D] and fifteen restless [G] riders
Three [E] conductors, [D] twenty-five sex [G] men
_ All along [Em] the southbound R [Bm]-C
Train pulls out, hand the [D] key
Roads along, past houses, farms and [A] fields
_ _ [Em]
Chassin' trains that have no [Bm] names
Graveyards full of old black [D] men
In the [C] graveyards of the rusted [G] automobile
Alright, help me sing it now
[C] All that [D] night, Mary, [G] how are you?
_ [Em] Say, don't you know [C] me?
I am the [G] native son
[D] I'm [G] the train they call [D] City of [Em] New Orleans
[A] I've [F] gone five hundred [D] miles in the day, [G] it's done
[C] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ [G] New car games [D] with the old men in [G] the club car
_ [Em] Plenty of porn, [C] ain't no one [G] keepin' score
[C] Pass _ [G] the paper [D] bag that [G] holds the bottle
And [E] feel the [D] wheels rumblin' beneath [G] the floor
And [Em] the sons of poor men, porters
And [Bm] the sons of engineers
Ride [D] their father's magic car made [A] of steel
_ _ _ [Em] Mothers with their babes asleep
[Bm]
Rockin' to the gentle beat
[D] And the rhythm of [C] the rails with [G] all their feet
_ [C] All that night, [D] Mary, [G] how are you?
_ [Em] Say, don't you know me?
[C] I am the [G] native son
[D] _ [G] I'm the train they [F#m] call City [Em] of New Orleans
[A] _ [F] I've gone five [D] hundred miles in the [G] day, it's done
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[D] Nighttime on the City [G] of New Orleans
_ [Em]
Changing [C] cars in Memphis, [G] Tennessee
_ [C] _ _ [G]
Halfway [D] home, we'll be [G] there by morning
_ [Em] Through the Mississippi [D] darkness, rolling [G] down to the sea
_ [Em] And all the towns and people sing [Bm] to fade into the bad [D] days
Tennessee rail still ain't [A] heard the news
The _ [Em]
conductor sings his songs [Bm] again
Passengers, oh please refrain
[D] This train's got to [C] disappear in the [G] rain above the blues
_ [C] All that [D] night, America, [G] how are you?
_ [Em] Say, don't you know [C] me?
I am your [G] native son
[D] _ [G] I'm the train they [D] call City [Em] of New Orleans
[A] _ I've gone five [D] hundred miles in the [G] day, it's done _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[G] Riding [D] on the city [G] of New Orleans _
[Em] In the central [C] Monday [G] morning
_ [C] _ _
[G] Fifteen cars [D] and fifteen restless [G] riders
Three [E] conductors, [D] twenty-five sex [G] men
_ All along [Em] the southbound R [Bm]-C
Train pulls out, hand the [D] key
Roads along, past houses, farms and [A] fields
_ _ [Em]
Chassin' trains that have no [Bm] names
Graveyards full of old black [D] men
In the [C] graveyards of the rusted [G] automobile
Alright, help me sing it now
[C] All that [D] night, Mary, [G] how are you?
_ [Em] Say, don't you know [C] me?
I am the [G] native son
[D] I'm [G] the train they call [D] City of [Em] New Orleans
[A] I've [F] gone five hundred [D] miles in the day, [G] it's done
[C] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ [G] New car games [D] with the old men in [G] the club car
_ [Em] Plenty of porn, [C] ain't no one [G] keepin' score
[C] Pass _ [G] the paper [D] bag that [G] holds the bottle
And [E] feel the [D] wheels rumblin' beneath [G] the floor
And [Em] the sons of poor men, porters
And [Bm] the sons of engineers
Ride [D] their father's magic car made [A] of steel
_ _ _ [Em] Mothers with their babes asleep
[Bm]
Rockin' to the gentle beat
[D] And the rhythm of [C] the rails with [G] all their feet
_ [C] All that night, [D] Mary, [G] how are you?
_ [Em] Say, don't you know me?
[C] I am the [G] native son
[D] _ [G] I'm the train they [F#m] call City [Em] of New Orleans
[A] _ [F] I've gone five [D] hundred miles in the [G] day, it's done
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[D] Nighttime on the City [G] of New Orleans
_ [Em]
Changing [C] cars in Memphis, [G] Tennessee
_ [C] _ _ [G]
Halfway [D] home, we'll be [G] there by morning
_ [Em] Through the Mississippi [D] darkness, rolling [G] down to the sea
_ [Em] And all the towns and people sing [Bm] to fade into the bad [D] days
Tennessee rail still ain't [A] heard the news
The _ [Em]
conductor sings his songs [Bm] again
Passengers, oh please refrain
[D] This train's got to [C] disappear in the [G] rain above the blues
_ [C] All that [D] night, America, [G] how are you?
_ [Em] Say, don't you know [C] me?
I am your [G] native son
[D] _ [G] I'm the train they [D] call City [Em] of New Orleans
[A] _ I've gone five [D] hundred miles in the [G] day, it's done _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _