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The City of New Orleans by Johnny Cash
The City of New Orleans
Bb F Gm D# Dm C F7 G7 E# (?)
e-------1-----3-----------5------------1-----3--------------|
B-3-----1-----3-----8-----6------5-----4-----6------10------|
G-3-----2-----3-----8-----7------5-----2-----4------10------|
D-3-----3-----5-----8-----7------5-----1-----3------10------|
A-1-----3-----5-----6-----5------3-----3-----5------8-------|
E-------1-----3------------------------1-----3--------------|
Bb F Bb
Riding on the City of New Orleans
Gm D# Bb
Illinois Central Monday morning rail
Bb F Bb
Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders
Gm F Bb
Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail.
Gm Dm
All along the south bound odyssey, the train pulls out of Kenkakee
F C
Rolls along past houses farms and fields
Gm Dm
Passing trains that have no name, freight yards of old black men
F F7 Bb
And graveyards of rusted automobiles.
Chorus:
D# E# Bb
Good morning America, how are you?
Gm D# Bb
Say, don't you know me, I'm your native son.
Bb F Gm G7
I'm a train they call the City of New Orleans
D# E# Bb
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.
Verse:
Bb F Bb
Dealing card games with the old men in the club car
Gm D# Bb
Penny a point ain't noone keeping score
Bb F Bb
Pass the paper bag but hold the bottle
Gm F Bb
Feel the wheels rumbling 'neath the floor
Gm Dm
And the sons of Pullman porters, and the sons of engineers
F C
Ride their father's magic carpets made of steel
Gm Dm
Mother with her babes asleep, rocking to the gentle beat
F F7 Bb
And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel.
::Chorus::
Bb F Bb
Nightime on the City of New Orleans
Gm D# Bb
Changing cars in Memphis, Tennessee
Bb F Bb
Half way home we'll be there by morning
Gm F Bb
through the Mississippi darkness rolling down to the sea.
Gm Dm
and all the towns and people seem to fade into a bad dream
F C
And the steel rail still ain't heard the news
Gm Dm
The conductor sings his songs again, the passagers will please refrain
F F7 Bb
This train got the disappearing railroad blues.
Chorus:
D# E# Bb
Good night America, How are you?
Gm D# Bb
Say, don't you know me, I'm your native son.
Bb F Gm G7
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
D# E# Bb
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.
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version 2
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:3rd fret
G D7 Em C D A G7 F
e|-3-----2-----0-----0-----2-----0------1-----1------1--|
B|-0-----1-----0-----1-----3-----2------0-----1------1--|
G|-0-----2-----0-----0-----2-----2------0-----2--or--2--|
D|-0-----0-----2-----2-----0-----2------0-----3------3--|
A|-2-----------2-----3-----------0------2-----3---------|
E|-3-----------0------------------------3-----1---------|
[Verse 1]
G D7 G
Riding on the City of New Orleans
Em C G
Illinois Central Monday morning rail
G D7 G Em
Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders
G D7 G
Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail.
Em
All along the south bound odyssey, the train pulls out of Kenkakee
D A
Rolls along past houses farms and fields
Em
Passing trains that have no name, freight yards of old black men
D D7 G G7
And graveyards of rusted automobiles.
[Chorus]
C D7 G
Good morning America, how are you?
Em C G
Say, don't you know me, I'm your native son.
G D7 G
I'm a train they call the City of New Orleans
F C D7 G
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.
[Verse 2]
G D7 G
Dealing card games with the old men in the club car
Em C G
Penny a point nobody's keeping score
G D7 G Em
Hey now pass the paper bag but hold the bottle
G D7 G
Feel the wheels rumbling 'neath the floor
Em
And the sons of Pullman porters, and the sons of engineers
D A
Ride their daddies' magic carpets made of steel
Em
Mothers with their babes asleep, rocking to the gentle beat
D D7 G G7
And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel.
[Chorus]
C D7 G
Good morning America, how are you?
Em C G
Say, don't you know me, I'm your native son.
G D7 G
I'm a train they call the City of New Orleans
F C D7 G
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.
[Verse 3]
G D7 G
Nightime on the City of New Orleans
Em C G
Changing cars in Memphis, Tennessee
G D7 G Em
Half way home we'll be there by morning
G D7 G
through the Mississippi darkness rolling down to the sea.
Em
and all the towns and people seem to fade into a bad dream
D A
And the steel rail still ain't heard the news
Em
The conductor sings his songs again, the passagers will please refrain
D D7 G G7
This train got the disappearing railroad blues.
[Chorus]
C D7 G
Good morning America, how are you?
Em C G
Say, don't you know me, I'm your native son.
G D7 G
I'm a train they call the City of New Orleans
F C D7 G
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.
F C D7 G
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.
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