Johnny Cash - City of New Orleans guitar chord

CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

-S.Goodman-

KEY: Bb / CAPO: 3 / PLAY: G

INTRO: G D G

VERSE:

G D G

Ridin' on the City of New Orleans

Em C G

Illinois Central Monday mornin' rail

D G Em

Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders

G D G

Three conductors and twenty-four sacks of mail

Em

All along the southbound odyssey the train rolls out of Kankakee

D A

And moves along past houses, farms and fields

Em

Passin' trains that have no name and switch yards full of old black men

D G G7

And the graveyards of rusted automobiles

CHORUS:

C D G

Good mornin' America, how are you?

Em C G

Say don't you know me? I'm your native son

D G

I'm a train they call the City of New Orleans

F C D G

I'll be gone five-hundred miles when the day is done

VERSE:

Dealin' cards with the old men on the club car

Penny a point nobody's keepin' score

Hey now pass that paper bag that holds the bottle

And feel the wheels a-rumblin' neath the floor

And the sons of poor men porters and the sons of engineers

Ride their daddy's magic carpet made of steel

Mothers with their babes asleep rockin' to the gentle beat

And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel

CHORUS:

Good mornin' 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

VERSE:

Night time on the City of New Orleans

Changin' cars in Memphis, Tennessee

Halfway home and we'll be there by mornin'

Thru the Mississippi darkness rollin' 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 song again the passengers will please refrain

This train has got the disappearin' railroad blues

CHORUS:

Good mornin' 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

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I'll be gone five-hundred miles when the day is done