City of New Orleans chords
Arlo Guthrie 1972 (Steve Goodman) 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_New_Orleans_(song)  ***

Capo IV **

[Intro]



[Verse 1]

             
Riding on the 

          
City of New Or

leans
            
Illinois Centr

             
al, Monday mor

         
ning rail
             
Fifteen cars a

             
nd fifteen res

         
tless riders
            
Three conducto

             
rs and twenty-

              
five sacks of 

  
mail.

            
All along the 

              
south bound od

           
yssey, the tra

 
in pulls out o

f Kankakee
             
Rolls along pa

              
st houses, far

          
ms and fields
            
Passing trains

              
 that have no 

      
name, freight 

yards full of 

old black men
             
And the gravey

            
ards of the ru

             
sted automobil

  
es.

[Chorus]

             
Good morning A

            
merica, how ar

     
e you?        

              

              

              

     
            
Say, don't you

             
 know me, I'm 

             
your native so

   
n.
           
I'm the   trai

              
n they call th

           
e City of New 

            
Orleans
             
I'll be gone f

            
ive hundred mi

             
les when the d

         
ay is done.

[Verse 2]

             
Dealing card g

              
ames with the 

             
old men in the

 
 club car
            
Penny a point,

             
 ain't no one 

             
keeping score
             
Pass the paper

             
 bag that hold

      
s the bottle
            
Feel the wheel

             
s rumblin' 'ne

        
ath the floor

            
And the sons o

              
f Pullman port

            
ers and the so


ns of engineer

s
             
Ride their fat

              
hers' magic ca

              
rpets made of 


steel
            
Mothers with t

              
heir babes asl

     
eep, rockin' t

o the gentle b

eat
             
And the rhythm

            
 of the rails 

            
is all they fe

el.

[Chorus]

             
Good morning A

            
merica, how ar

     
e you?        

              

              

              

     
            
Say, don't you

             
 know me, I'm 

             
your native so

   
n.
           
I'm the   trai

              
n they call th

           
e City of New 

            
Orleans
             
I'll be gone f

            
ive hundred mi

             
les when the d

         
ay is done.

[Verse 3]

             
Night time on 

            
the City of Ne

  
w Orleans
            
Changing cars 

             
in Memphis, Te

       
nnessee
             
Halfway home, 

             
we'll be there

       
 by morning
            
through the Mi

              
ssissippi dark

             
ness rolling d

             
own to the sea

.

            
But all the to

              
wns and people

         
 seem to fade 

into a bad dre

am
             
And the steel 

              
rail still ain

             
't heard the n

ews
            
The conductor 

              
sings his song

             
s again, the p

#
assengers will

 please refrai

n
             
This train got

            
 the disappear

             
ing railroad b

lues.

[Chorus]

            
Good night Ame

             
rica, how are 

   
you?          

              

              

              

   
            
Say, don't you

             
 know me, I'm 

             
your native so

   
n.
           
I'm the   trai

              
n they call th

           
e City of New 

            
Orleans
             
I'll be gone f

            
ive hundred mi

             
les when the d

         
ay is done.

*   Try adding Esus4 E here to jazz it up a bit, if you like:)

*** This version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF1lqEQFVUo

**  Alternates:

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