City Of New Orleans chords by John Fogerty
Tempo:
159.1 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
C#m
A
G#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Key:
E
B
C#m
A
G#m
E
B
C#m
[Em] .
[G] .
Well good morning America, how are you?.
All right!.
[G#] Well as you can [A] see we have a different situation.
.
We're all coming out of our.
lockdown, starting to take a few timid steps out into the world.
But for us musicians of course.
it's hard to find an audience, especially with social distancing.
So we found a place here we.
can play our music and they seem to enjoy it.
Everybody [E] ready?
.
All right one two one two three.
four.
.
.
Riding on [B] the city of [E] New Orleans, .
[C#m] Illinois [A] Central, Monday morning [E] rail.
.
15 cars [B] and 15.
restless [E] riders, .
[C#m] three conductors, [B].
25 sacks [E] of mail.
.
[C#m] All along the southbound odyssey,.
[G#m] train pulls out a canker key, [B] rolls along past houses, [F#m] farms [F#] and fields.
.
[C#m] Passing trains that.
have no names, [G#m] freight yards full of old black men [B] and the graveyards of the rusted [E] automobile.
.
[A] [B] Good morning America, [E] how are you?
.
[C#m] Hey don't you know me?.
[A] .
I'm your native [E] son, .
[B] I'm the [E] train they call [D#].
city of [E] New Orleans.
[A#m] .
[F#] [D] I'll be gone [A] 500 [B].
miles when the day [E] is done, .
.
dealing cars with the [B] old men in [E] the club car.
.
[C#m] Any point [A] ain't no one keeping [E] score.
.
Won't you pass the paper [B] bag that holds [E] the bottle?
.
You [C#m] can feel the wheels [B].
rumbling.
[E] beneath the floor.
.
And [C#m] the sons of Pullman porters [G#m] and the sons of engineers ride [B] their fathers magic.
carpets made of [F#] steam.
.
[C#m] Mothers with their babes asleep, [G#m] rocking to the gentle beat.
The [B] rhythm of the rails is [E] all they dream.
.
[A] Good morning [B] .
America, [E] how are you?
.
[B] [C#m] Hey don't you know.
me?.
[A] .
I'm your native [E] son, .
[B] I'm the [E] train they call [B].
city of [C#m] New [E] Orleans.
[F#] .
[D] I'll be gone [D#] 500 [B].
miles when.
the day [E] is done, .
nighttime on [B] the city of [E] New Orleans.
.
[C#m] Changing cars [A].
in Memphis, [E] Tennessee.
.
Halfway home, [B].
we'll be there by [E] morning.
.
[C#m] The Mississippi darkness [B].
rolling down to [E] the sea.
.
[C#m] And all the towns and people seem [G#m] to fade into a bad dream.
[B] Steel rails still ain't [F#] heard the new.
.
[C#m] Conductor sings his song again.
[G#m] Passengers will please refrain.
[B] This train's got the disappearing.
[E] railroad blue.
.
[A] Good night [B] .
America, [E] how are you?
.
[C#m] Hey don't you know me?.
[A] I'm your native [E] son, .
I'm the train they call [B] city [G] of [C#m] New [B] Orleans.
.
[A#] [D] I'll be gone [A] 500 [B] miles when the day [E] is done.
.
.
.
.
.
.
[N] .
[G] .
Well good morning America, how are you?.
All right!.
[G#] Well as you can [A] see we have a different situation.
.
We're all coming out of our.
lockdown, starting to take a few timid steps out into the world.
But for us musicians of course.
it's hard to find an audience, especially with social distancing.
So we found a place here we.
can play our music and they seem to enjoy it.
Everybody [E] ready?
.
All right one two one two three.
four.
.
.
Riding on [B] the city of [E] New Orleans, .
[C#m] Illinois [A] Central, Monday morning [E] rail.
.
15 cars [B] and 15.
restless [E] riders, .
[C#m] three conductors, [B].
25 sacks [E] of mail.
.
[C#m] All along the southbound odyssey,.
[G#m] train pulls out a canker key, [B] rolls along past houses, [F#m] farms [F#] and fields.
.
[C#m] Passing trains that.
have no names, [G#m] freight yards full of old black men [B] and the graveyards of the rusted [E] automobile.
.
[A] [B] Good morning America, [E] how are you?
.
[C#m] Hey don't you know me?.
[A] .
I'm your native [E] son, .
[B] I'm the [E] train they call [D#].
city of [E] New Orleans.
[A#m] .
[F#] [D] I'll be gone [A] 500 [B].
miles when the day [E] is done, .
.
dealing cars with the [B] old men in [E] the club car.
.
[C#m] Any point [A] ain't no one keeping [E] score.
.
Won't you pass the paper [B] bag that holds [E] the bottle?
.
You [C#m] can feel the wheels [B].
rumbling.
[E] beneath the floor.
.
And [C#m] the sons of Pullman porters [G#m] and the sons of engineers ride [B] their fathers magic.
carpets made of [F#] steam.
.
[C#m] Mothers with their babes asleep, [G#m] rocking to the gentle beat.
The [B] rhythm of the rails is [E] all they dream.
.
[A] Good morning [B] .
America, [E] how are you?
.
[B] [C#m] Hey don't you know.
me?.
[A] .
I'm your native [E] son, .
[B] I'm the [E] train they call [B].
city of [C#m] New [E] Orleans.
[F#] .
[D] I'll be gone [D#] 500 [B].
miles when.
the day [E] is done, .
nighttime on [B] the city of [E] New Orleans.
.
[C#m] Changing cars [A].
in Memphis, [E] Tennessee.
.
Halfway home, [B].
we'll be there by [E] morning.
.
[C#m] The Mississippi darkness [B].
rolling down to [E] the sea.
.
[C#m] And all the towns and people seem [G#m] to fade into a bad dream.
[B] Steel rails still ain't [F#] heard the new.
.
[C#m] Conductor sings his song again.
[G#m] Passengers will please refrain.
[B] This train's got the disappearing.
[E] railroad blue.
.
[A] Good night [B] .
America, [E] how are you?
.
[C#m] Hey don't you know me?.
[A] I'm your native [E] son, .
I'm the train they call [B] city [G] of [C#m] New [B] Orleans.
.
[A#] [D] I'll be gone [A] 500 [B] miles when the day [E] is done.
.
.
.
.
.
.
[N] .