City Of New Orleans Chords

[Verse]

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

Bm                               F#m
All along a southbound oddyssey, and the 
train pulls out of Kankakee
A                                          
And rolls along past the houses, farms and 
E
fields
Bm                               F#m
Passin' trains that have no name, and 
freightyards full of old black men
A                  A7                 D
The graveyards of the rusted automobiles


[Chorus]

G             A7               D
Good mornin' America, how are you?
      Bm                 G               
Sayin' don't you know me?, I'm your native
D      A7
son
       D                   A           
I'm the train they call the City of New 
Bm A E7
Orleans
      C     G   A                     
I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is 
D
done.


[Verse]

D                   A                      
Dealin’ card games with the old men in the 
    D
club car.
Bm              G                     D
Penny a point, ain’t no one keepin' score
D               A                     D
Pass the paper bag that holds that bottle.
Bm              A                   D
Hear the wheels rumblin' ‘neath the floor.

Bm                                       
And the sons of Pullman Porters, and the 
F#m
sons of engineers
A                                        
Ride their father's magic carpet made of 
E
steel
Bm                                  F#m
Mothers with their babes asleep are rockin’
to the gentle beat
A                     A7                
And the rhythm of the rails is all they 
D
feel.


[Chorus]

G            A7               D
Good mornin' America, how are you?
      Bm             G             D      
Sayin' don't you know me?, I'm your native 
A7
son
       D                   A           
I'm the train they call the City of New 
Bm A E7
Orleans
      C     G   A                     
I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is 
D
done.


[Break]

G  A7  D  Bm  G  D  A7  D  A  Bm A E7  C  G
 A  D


[Verse]

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

       Bm                           F#m
And all the towns and people seem to fade 
into a bad dream
       A                                 
And the steel rails still ain't heard the 
E
news
       Bm                              
The conductor sings his songs again the 
F#m
passengers will please refrain
       A                  A7       
This train has got the disappearin’ 
        D
railroad blues


[Chorus]

G            A7               D
Good mornin' America, how are you?
      Bm             G             D      
Sayin' don't you know me?, I'm your native 
A7
son
       D                   A           
I'm the train they call the City of New 
Bm A E7
Orleans


[Outro]

       C     G   A                     D
I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done
       C     G   A                     D
I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done
       C     G   A                     D
I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done