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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1011815,"song":"City Of New Orleans","artist":"Willie Nelson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1011815-city-of-new-orleans-chords-by-willie-nelson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1011815?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":1515,"content":"[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nRidin' on the City of New Orleans[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIllinois Central Monday mornin' rail[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere's 15 cars, and 15 restless riders[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\n3 conductors and 25 sacks of mail[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]                                 [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAll along a southbound odyssey, and the train pulls out of Kankakee[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd rolls along past the houses, farms and fields[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nPassin' trains that have no name, and freightyards full of old black men[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]A7[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe graveyards of the rusted automobiles[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A7[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGood mornin' America, how are you?[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nSayin' don't you know me? I'm your native son[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nI'm the train they call the City of New Orleans[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDealin' card games with the old men in the club car[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nPenny a point, ain't no one keepin' score[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nPass the paper bag that holds that bottle[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHear the wheels rumblin' 'neath the floor[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                       [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd the sons of Pullman Porters, and the sons of engineers[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nRide their father's magic carpet made of steel[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nMothers with their babes asleep are rockin' to the gentle beat[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]A7[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the rhythm of the rails is all they feel[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A7[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGood mornin' America, how are you?[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nSayin' don't you know me? I'm your native son[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nI'm the train they call the City of New Orleans[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Break]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNighttime on the City of New Orleans[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nChangin' cars in Memphis, Tennessee[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHalf way home, and we'll be there by mornin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Bm[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThrough the Mississippi darkness rollin' down to the sea[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]                               [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nBut all the towns and people seem to fade into a bad dream[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd the steel rails still ain't heard the news[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]                              [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThe conductor sings his songs again the passengers will please refrain[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]A7[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThis train has got the disappearin' railroad blues[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A7[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGood mornin' America, how are you?[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nSayin' don't you know me? I'm your native son[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nI'm the train they call the City of New Orleans[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Break]\n\nG  A7  D  Bm  G  D  A7  D  A  Bm A E7  C  G  A  D\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["D","A","Bm","G","F#m","E","A7","E7","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}