City Of New Orleans
Johnny CashVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
F
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G | -3-----2-----3-----8-----7------5-----2-----4------10------ |
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A | -1-----3-----5-----6-----5------3-----3-----5------8------- |
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Riding on the City of New Orleans
Illinois Central Monday morning rail
Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders
Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail.
All along the south bound odyssey, the train pulls out of Kenkakee
Rolls along past houses farms and fields
Passing trains that have no name, freight yards of old black men
And graveyards of rusted automobiles.
Good morning America, how are you?
Say, don't you know me, I'm your native son.
I'm a train they call the City of New Orleans
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.
Dealing card games with the old men in the club car
Penny a point ain't noone keeping score
Pass the paper bag but hold the bottle
Feel the wheels rumbling 'neath the floor
And the sons of Pullman porters, and the sons of engineers
Ride their father's magic carpets made of steel
Mother with her babes asleep, rocking to the gentle beat
And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel.
::Chorus::
Nightime on the City of New Orleans
Changing cars in Memphis, Tennessee
Half way home we'll be there by morning
through the Mississippi darkness rolling down to the sea.
and all the towns and people seem to fade into a bad dream
And the steel rail still ain't heard the news
The conductor sings his songs again, the passagers will please refrain
This train got the disappearing railroad blues.
Good night America, How are you?
Say, don't you know me, I'm your native son.
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.
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Readable chord sheet for City Of New Orleans by Johnny Cash
[Bb] [F] [Gm] [Eb] [Dm] [C] [F7] [G7] [F]
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]Riding on the C[F]ity of N[Bb]ew Orleans
[Gm]Illinois Central M[Eb]onday morning r[Bb]ail
[Bb]Fifteen cars and f[F]ifteen restless r[Bb]iders
[Gm]Three conductors and t[F]wenty-five sacks of m[Bb]ail.
[Gm]All along the south bound odyssey, [Dm]the train pulls out of Kenkakee
[F]Rolls along past houses farms and [C]fields
[Gm]Passing trains that have no name, f[Dm]reight yards of old black men
[F]And graveyards of [F7]rusted automo[Bb]biles.
[Eb]Good morning A[F]merica,[Bb] how are you?
Sa[Gm]y, don't you know me, I'[Eb]m your native son[Bb].
[Bb]I'm a train they call the C[F]ity of New Orl[Gm]eans [G7]
I'll be g[Eb]one five hundred mi[F]les when the day is d[Bb]one.
[Bb]Dealing card games with the o[F]ld men in the club [Bb]car
[Gm]Penny a point ain'[Eb]t noone keeping sco[Bb]re
[Bb]Pass the paper b[F]ag but hold the b[Bb]ottle
[Gm]Feel the wheels [F]rumbling 'neath the f[Bb]loor
[Gm]And the sons of Pullman porters, and the [Dm]sons of engineers
[F]Ride their father's magic carpets made of [C]steel
[Gm]Mother with her babes asleep, rocki[Dm]ng to the gentle beat
[F]And the rhythm of the [F7]rails is all they f[Bb]eel.
::Chorus::
[Bb]Nightime on the [F]City of New Orle[Bb]ans
[Gm]Changing cars in[Eb] Memphis, Tenness[Bb]ee
[Bb]Half way home we[F]'ll be there by morn[Bb]ing
[Gm]through the Mississippi [F]darkness rolling down to the [Bb]sea.
[Gm]and all the towns and people [Dm]seem to fade into a bad dream
[F]And the steel rail still ain't heard the [C]news
[Gm]The conductor sings his songs again, [Dm]the passagers will please refrain
[F]This train got the dis[F7]appearing railroad bl[Bb]ues.
[Eb]Good night Ame[F]rica, How a[Bb]re you?
[Gm]Say, don't you know me, [Eb]I'm your native s[Bb]on.
[Bb]I'm the train they call the Ci[F]ty of New Orle[Gm]ans [G7]
I'll be [Eb]gone five hundred m[F]iles when the day is [Bb]done.