{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1695378,"song":"City Of New Orleans","artist":"Ryan Bingham","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1695378-city-of-new-orleans-chords-by-ryan-bingham/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1695378?type=chord","rating":4.85621,"votes":16,"content":"Capo 2\r\nthe last line of the chorus is a walk down with the ring finger from the 3rd to second \r\nfret on the a string,\r\nthen finish with the a chord.\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nRiding on the City of New Orleans[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIllinois Central Monday morning rail[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFifteen cars and fifteen restless riders[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThree conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]                                [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAll along the south bound odyssey, the train pulls out of Kenkakee[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nRolls along past houses farms and fields[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nPassing trains that have no name, freight yards of old black men[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]A7[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd graveyards of rusted automobiles.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGood morning America, how are you?[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSay, don't you know me, I'm your native son.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/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 five hundred miles when the day is done.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDealing card games with the old men in the club car[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nPenny a point ain't no one keeping score[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nPass the paper bag but hold the bottle[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFeel the wheels rumbling '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 carpets made of steel[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                           [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nMother with her babes asleep rocking 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[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGood morning America, how are you?[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSay, don't you know me, I'm your native son.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/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 five hundred miles when the day is done.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNight time on the City of New Orleans[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nChanging cars in Memphis Tennessee[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHalfway home we'll be there by morning[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Bm[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nthrough the Mississippi darkness rolling 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 dark dream[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd the steel rail 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 got the disappearing railroad blues.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGood morning America, how are you?[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSay, don't you know me, I'm your native son.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/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 five hundred miles when the day is done.[/tab]","plain_text":"Capo 2\nthe last line of the chorus is a walk down with the ring finger from the 3rd to second \nfret on the a string,\nthen finish with the a chord.","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]}}}