Arlo Guthrie – City Of New Orleans (Guitar Live)
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Versions
(5)
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1.0x
Chords
Live at The Orpheum Theatre, Boston, 1976
[Intro]
G D G D
[Verse 1]
G D G Riding on the City of New Orleans Em C G Illinois Central, monday morning rail. G D G Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders, Em D G three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail.
[Pre-Chorus]
Em All along the south bound odyssey, Bm the train pulls out of Kenkakee, D A rolls along past houses, farms and fields. Em Passing trains that have no name, Bm freight yards full of old black men D D7 G and the graveyards of the rusted automobiles.
[Chorus]
C D G Good morning America, how are you? Em C G Say, don't you know me, I'm your native son. D7 G D Em A7 I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans, F C D G I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.
G G G
[Verse 2]
G D G Dealing card games with the old men in the club car Em C G Penny a point, ain't no one keeping score G D G Pass the paper bag that holds the bottle, Em D G Feel the wheels rumblin' 'neath the floor
[Pre-Chorus]
Em And the sons of Pullman porters Bm and the sons of engineers, D A ride their fathers' magic carpets made of steel. Em Mothers with their babes asleep, Bm rockin' to the gentle beat D D7 G and the rhythm of the rails is all they feel.
[Chorus]
C D G Good morning America, how are you? Em C G Say, don't you know me, I'm your native son. D7 G D Em A7 I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans, F C D G I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.
G G G
[Verse 3]
G D G Night time on the City of New Orleans, Em C G changing cars in Memphis, Tennessee. G D G Halfway home, we'll be there by morning, Em D G through the Mississippi darkness rolling down to the sea.
[Pre-Chorus]
Em But all the towns and people seem Bm to fade into their bad dream D A and the steel rail still ain't heard the news. Em The conductor sings his songs again, Bm the passengers will please refrain, D D7 G this train got the disappearing railroad blues.
[Chorus]
C D G Good night America, how are you? Em C G Say, don't you know me, I'm your native son. D7 G D Em A7 I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans, F C D G I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.
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