Chords for The City Of New Orleans
Tempo:
146.45 bpm
Chords used:
B
E
C#m
A
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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Riding on [B] the city of [E] New Orleans,
[C#m] Illinois Central, [A] Monday morning [E] rail, 15 cars [B] and
restless [E] riders, 3 [C#m] conductors [B] and 25 sacks [E] of mail.
[C#m] All along the southbound odyssey, [G#m] the train pulls out of Kenken Key, [B] and rolls along past houses, farms [F#] and fields.
[C#m] Passing trains that have no names, [G#m] and crate yards full of old black men, [B] and graveyards full of rusted [E] automobiles.
[A] morning [B]
America, how [E] are ya?
[C#m] Say don't you know me, [A]
[C#m] Illinois Central, [A] Monday morning [E] rail, 15 cars [B] and
restless [E] riders, 3 [C#m] conductors [B] and 25 sacks [E] of mail.
[C#m] All along the southbound odyssey, [G#m] the train pulls out of Kenken Key, [B] and rolls along past houses, farms [F#] and fields.
[C#m] Passing trains that have no names, [G#m] and crate yards full of old black men, [B] and graveyards full of rusted [E] automobiles.
[A] morning [B]
America, how [E] are ya?
[C#m] Say don't you know me, [A]
100% ➙ 146BPM
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C#m
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C#m
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_ _ Riding on [B] the city of [E] New _ Orleans, _ _
_ _ [C#m] Illinois Central, [A] Monday morning [E] rail, _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 cars [B] and
15 restless [E] riders, _ _ _ _ 3 [C#m] _ conductors [B] and 25 sacks [E] of mail. _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] All along the southbound odyssey, [G#m] the train pulls out of Kenken Key, [B] and rolls along past houses, farms [F#] and fields. _ _ _
_ _ [C#m] Passing trains that have no names, [G#m] and crate yards full of old black men, [B] and _ graveyards full of rusted _ [E] automobiles.
_ Good _
_ _ [A] _ _ morning [B] _
America, how [E] are ya? _ _ _
_ [C#m] Say don't you know me, [A] _
I'm your [E] native son.
_ _ [B] _
I'm [E] the train they call [B] the city of [C#m] New [B] Orleans.
_ [F#] _ _
I'll [D] be gone [A] 500 [B] miles when the day [E] is [B] done. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] Dealing cards [B] with the old men in the [E] club _ cars, _ _
_ _ [C#m] penny up for it, [A] ain't no one keeping [E] score. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Pack the paper [B] bags that hold [E] the bottles, _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#m] feel the [B] wheels rumbling beneath [E] the floor. _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] And the sons of Pullman Porter, and [G#m] the sons of engineers, _ ride [B] their fathers magic carpets made [F#] of steel. _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] And mothers with their babes asleep, [G#m] rocking to the gentle beat, [B] and the rhythm of the rails is all [E] they feel. _ _ _
_ [A] Good _ morning [B] _
America, how [E] are ya? _ _ _
_ [C#m] Say don't you know me, [A] _
I'm your native [E] son.
_ _ _ [B] _
I'm [E] the train they call [B] the city of [C#m] New Orleans.
[B] _ _ [F#] _ _
I'll [D] be gone [C#m] 500 [B] miles when the day [E] is done. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Night time [B] on the city of [E] New Orleans, _ _ _
_ _ [C#m] changing cars [A] in Memphis, _ [E] Tennessee. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Halfway [B] home we'll be there [E] by morning, _ _ _ _ [C#m] through the Mississippi darkness [B] rolling down to [E] the sea. _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] But all the times when people seem [G#m] to fade into a bad dream, [B] the steel rails still ain't heard [F#] the news. _ _ _
_ [C#m] The conductor sings the songs again, [G#m] the passengers will please refrain, [B] this train's got the disappearing _ [E] railroad blues. _ _ _
_ _ [A] Good night [B] _
America, [E] how are ya? _ _ _
_ [C#m] Say don't you know me, [A] _
I'm your [E] native son.
_ _ _ [B] _
I'm [E] the train they call [B] the city of [C#m] New [B] Orleans.
_ [F#] _ _
I'll [D] be gone [A] 500 [B] miles when the day [E] is done. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] I'm the train they call the city of New Orleans. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Riding on [B] the city of [E] New _ Orleans, _ _
_ _ [C#m] Illinois Central, [A] Monday morning [E] rail, _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 cars [B] and
15 restless [E] riders, _ _ _ _ 3 [C#m] _ conductors [B] and 25 sacks [E] of mail. _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] All along the southbound odyssey, [G#m] the train pulls out of Kenken Key, [B] and rolls along past houses, farms [F#] and fields. _ _ _
_ _ [C#m] Passing trains that have no names, [G#m] and crate yards full of old black men, [B] and _ graveyards full of rusted _ [E] automobiles.
_ Good _
_ _ [A] _ _ morning [B] _
America, how [E] are ya? _ _ _
_ [C#m] Say don't you know me, [A] _
I'm your [E] native son.
_ _ [B] _
I'm [E] the train they call [B] the city of [C#m] New [B] Orleans.
_ [F#] _ _
I'll [D] be gone [A] 500 [B] miles when the day [E] is [B] done. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] Dealing cards [B] with the old men in the [E] club _ cars, _ _
_ _ [C#m] penny up for it, [A] ain't no one keeping [E] score. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Pack the paper [B] bags that hold [E] the bottles, _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#m] feel the [B] wheels rumbling beneath [E] the floor. _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] And the sons of Pullman Porter, and [G#m] the sons of engineers, _ ride [B] their fathers magic carpets made [F#] of steel. _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] And mothers with their babes asleep, [G#m] rocking to the gentle beat, [B] and the rhythm of the rails is all [E] they feel. _ _ _
_ [A] Good _ morning [B] _
America, how [E] are ya? _ _ _
_ [C#m] Say don't you know me, [A] _
I'm your native [E] son.
_ _ _ [B] _
I'm [E] the train they call [B] the city of [C#m] New Orleans.
[B] _ _ [F#] _ _
I'll [D] be gone [C#m] 500 [B] miles when the day [E] is done. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Night time [B] on the city of [E] New Orleans, _ _ _
_ _ [C#m] changing cars [A] in Memphis, _ [E] Tennessee. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Halfway [B] home we'll be there [E] by morning, _ _ _ _ [C#m] through the Mississippi darkness [B] rolling down to [E] the sea. _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] But all the times when people seem [G#m] to fade into a bad dream, [B] the steel rails still ain't heard [F#] the news. _ _ _
_ [C#m] The conductor sings the songs again, [G#m] the passengers will please refrain, [B] this train's got the disappearing _ [E] railroad blues. _ _ _
_ _ [A] Good night [B] _
America, [E] how are ya? _ _ _
_ [C#m] Say don't you know me, [A] _
I'm your [E] native son.
_ _ _ [B] _
I'm [E] the train they call [B] the city of [C#m] New [B] Orleans.
_ [F#] _ _
I'll [D] be gone [A] 500 [B] miles when the day [E] is done. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [N] I'm the train they call the city of New Orleans. _





















