How to Play City of New Orleans by Steve Goodman
The Chords
EADGBE
xx0232 = D
x02220 = A
320003 = G
x2003x = G/B
x32010 = C
x24432 = Bm
244222 = F#m
022100 = E
4xx454 = E/G#
Chords and Lyrics
D A D
Riding on the City of New Orleans
Bm G D
Illinois central, Monday morning rail
D A D
Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders
Bm G D
Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail
Bm
All along the southbound odyssey
F#m
The train pulls out at Kankakee
A E
And rides along rivers, farms, and fields
Bm
Passing trains that have no names
F#m
The freight yards full of old black men
A D
And the graveyards of rusted automobiles
[Begin Chorus]
G A D
Good morning, America, how are ya?
Bm G D
Don’t you know me, I’m your native son
A D A Bm A E/G#
I’m the train they call the City of New Orleans
C G/B A D
And I’ll be gone five hundreds miles when the day is done
[End Chorus]
D A D
Playing cards with the old man in the club car
Bm G D
Penny a point, ain’t no one keeping score
D A D
Pass the paper bag that holds the bottle
Bm G D
Feel the wheels rumblin’ ‘neath the floor
Bm
And the sons of pullman porters
F#m
And the sons of engineers
A E
Ride their fathers’ magic carpet made of steel
Bm
Mothers with their babes asleep
F#m
Are rocking to the gentle beat
A D
And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel
[Chorus]
D A D
Night time on the City of New Orleans
Bm G D
Changing cars in Memphis, Tennessee
D A D
Halfway home, we’ll be there by morning
Bm G D
Through the Mississippi delta, rollin’ down to the sea
Bm
But all the towns and people seem
F#m
To fade into a bad dream
A E
And the steel rails still ain’t heard the news
Bm
The conductor sings his song again
F#m
The passengers will please refrain
A D
This train has got the disappearing railroad blues
[Chorus]
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