{"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":2087959,"song":"City Of New Orleans","artist":"Judy Collins","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2087959-city-of-new-orleans-chords-by-judy-collins/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2087959?type=chord","rating":4.77367,"votes":37,"content":"Judy Collins - City Of New Orleans\r\n\r\n\r\nCAPO: 4th Fret\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRiding on the City of New Orleans[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIllinois Central Monday morning rail[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFifteen cars and fifteen restless riders[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThree conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                              [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nOn the south bound odyssey, the train pulls out of Kenkakee[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nRolls along past houses farms and fields[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                               [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nPassing trains that have no name, freight yards of old black men[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the graveyards of the rusted automobiles[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGood morning America, how are you?[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSay, don't you know me, I'm your native son[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'm the train they call the City of New Orleans[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPlaying cards with the old men in the club car[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPenny a point, ain't no one keeping score[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPass the paper bag, but hold the bottle[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd feel the wheels rumbling beneath the floor[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]                               [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd the sons of Pullman porters, and the sons of engineers[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nRide their father's magic carpets made of steel[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                              [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nMother with their babes asleep, rocking to the gentle beat[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe rhythm of the rails is all they feel[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGood morning America, how are you?[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSay, don't you know me, I'm your native son[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'm the train they call the City of New Orleans[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNight time on the City of New Orleans[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nChanging cars in Memphis, Tennessee[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHalf way home and we'll be there by morning[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThrough the Mississippi darkness rolling down to the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                               [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd all the towns and people seem to fade into a bad dream[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe steel rail still ain't heard the news[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                                [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThe conductor sings his songs again, the passengers will please refrain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThis train got the disappearing railroad blues[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGood night America, how are you?[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSay, don't you know me, I'm your native son[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'm the train they call the City of New Orleans[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll be gone a million miles when the race is run[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll be gone_____[/tab]","plain_text":"Judy Collins - City Of New Orleans\n\n\nCAPO: 4th Fret\n\n\n\n[Intro]\nG\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","D","Em","C","Bm","A","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"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]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}