Arlo Guthrie – City Of New Orleans (Guitar)
Capo 4
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Key
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Versions
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Chords
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_New_Orleans_(song) ***
Capo IV **
[Intro]
D
[Verse 1]
D A D Riding on the City of New Orleans Bm G D A Illinois Central, Monday morning rail D A D Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders Bm A D Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail. Bm F#m All along the south bound odyssey, the train pulls out of Kankakee A E* Rolls along past houses, farms and fields Bm F#m Passing trains that have no name, freight yards full of old black men A A7 D And the graveyards of the rusted automobiles.
[Chorus]
G A D Good morning America, how are you? Bm G D Say, don't you know me, I'm your native son. A7 D A Bm E7 I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans C G A A7 D I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.
[Verse 2]
D A D Dealing card games with the old men in the club car Bm G D A Penny a point, ain't no one keeping score D A D Pass the paper bag that holds the bottle Bm A D Feel the wheels rumblin' 'neath the floor Bm F#m And the sons of Pullman porters and the sons of engineers A E Ride their fathers' magic carpets made of steel Bm F#m Mothers with their babes asleep, rockin' to the gentle beat A A7 D And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel.
[Chorus]
G A D Good morning America, how are you? Bm G D Say, don't you know me, I'm your native son. A7 D A Bm E7 I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans C G A A7 D I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.
[Verse 3]
D A D Night time on the City of New Orleans Bm G D A Changing cars in Memphis, Tennessee D A D Halfway home, we'll be there by morning Bm A D through the Mississippi darkness rolling down to the sea. Bm F#m But all the towns and people seem to fade into a bad dream A E And the steel rail still ain't heard the news Bm F#m The conductor sings his songs again, the passengers will please refrain A A7 D This train got the disappearing railroad blues.
[Chorus]
G A D Good night America, how are you? Bm G D Say, don't you know me, I'm your native son. A7 D A Bm E7 I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans C G A A7 D I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.
* Try adding Esus4 E here to jazz it up a bit, if you like:)
** Alternates:
Capo II
D = E
A = B
Bm = C#m
G = A
F#m = G#m (Abm)
C = D
E = F#
E7 = F#7
A7 = B7
Capo I
D = F
A = C
Bm = Dm
G = Bb
F#m = Am
C = Eb
E = G
A = C
E7 = G7
A7 = C7
Capo VI
D = C
A = G
Bm = Am
G = F
F#m = Em
C = Bb
E = D
E7 = D7
A7 = G7
Open (These chords are not in the original key)
D = A
A = E
Bm = F#m
G = D
F#m = C#m
C = G
E = B
E7 = B7
A7 = E7
Open (These chords are not in the original key)
D = G
A = D
Bm = Em
G = D
F#m = Bm
C = F
E = A
E7 = A7
A7 = D7
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