The City of New Orleans Chords by Arlo Guthrie
- Key: F#
- BPM: 146
- Capo: no capo
TEMPO FORTE
THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS ACORDES
[Start] [Verse] F# C# F# ■ Riding on the City of New Orleans D#m B F# Illinois Central Monday morning rail C# F# Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders D#m C# F# Three conductors twentyfive sacks of mail D#m All along the southbound odyssey A#m The train pulls out of Kankakee C# G# Rolls along past houses farms and fields [Chorus] D#m Passing trains that have no name A#m An' freight yards full of old black men C# F# And the graveyards of the rusted automobiles B C# F# Good morning America how are ya D#m B F# Said don't you know me ■ I'm your native son C# F# C# D#m ■ I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans E B C# F# I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done [Verse] C# F# Dealing card games with the old men in the club car D#m B F# Penny a point ain't no one keeping score C# F# Pass the paper bag that holds the bottle D#m C# F# Feel the wheels rumbling 'neath the floor D#m And the sons of Pullman porters A#m And the sons of engineers C# G# Ride their fathers' magic carpets made of steel [Chorus] D#m Mothers with their babes asleep A#m Are rockin' to the gentle beat C# F# And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel B C# F# Good morning America how are ya D#m B F# Said don't you know me ■ I'm your native son C# F# C# D#m ■ I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans C# F# I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done [Verse] C# F# Nighttime on the City of New Orleans D#m B F# Changing cars in Memphis Tennessee C# F# Halfway home we'll be there by morning D#m C# F# Through the Mississippi darkness rolling down to the sea [Chorus] D#m A#m But all the towns and people seem to fade into a bad dream C# G# And the steel rail still ain't heard the news D#m The conductor sings his songs again A#m The passengers will please refrain C# F# This train got the disappearing railroad blues B C# F# Good night America how are you D#m B F# Said don't you know me ■ I'm your native son C# F# C# D#m G#7 ■ I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans ■ E C# F# I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done [Outro] C# F# D#m B F# ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [End]