{"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":834019,"song":"City Of New Orleans","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/834019-city-of-new-orleans-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/834019?type=chord","rating":4.71019,"votes":79,"content":"[tab]   [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]Gm[/ch]    [ch]Eb[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F7[/ch]    [ch]G7[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch] (?)\r\ne|-------1-----3-----------5-----------1-----3-----------|\r\nB|-3-----1-----3-----8-----6-----5-----4-----6-----10----|\r\nG|-3-----2-----3-----8-----7-----5-----2-----4-----10----|\r\nD|-3-----3-----5-----8-----7-----5-----1-----3-----10----|\r\nA|-1-----3-----5-----6-----5-----3-----3-----5-----8-----|\r\nE|-------1-----3-----------------------1-----3-----------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nRiding on the City of New Orleans[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                [ch]Eb[/ch]             [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nIllinois Central Monday morning rail[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nFifteen cars and fifteen restless riders[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThree conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                                 [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAll along the south bound odyssey, the train pulls out of Kenkakee[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRolls along past houses farms and fields[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                                 [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nPassing trains that have no name, freight yards of old black men[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]F7[/ch]           [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd graveyards of rusted automobiles.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nGood morning America, how are you?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                      [ch]Eb[/ch]               [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nSay, don't you know me, I'm your native son.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]Gm[/ch]    [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nI'm a train they call the City of New Orleans[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Eb[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nDealing card games with the old men in the club car[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                [ch]Eb[/ch]                 [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nPenny a point ain't noone keeping score[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nPass the paper bag but hold the bottle[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nFeel the wheels rumbling 'neath the floor[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                                       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd the sons of Pullman porters, and the sons of engineers[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRide their father's magic carpets made of steel[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                                 [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nMother with her babes asleep, rocking to the gentle beat[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]F7[/ch]                 [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd the rhythm of the rails is all they feel.[/tab]\r\n\r\n      ::Chorus::\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nNightime on the City of New Orleans[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]              [ch]Eb[/ch]               [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nChanging cars in Memphis, Tennessee[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nHalf way home we'll be there by morning[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nthrough the Mississippi darkness rolling down to the sea.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nand all the towns and people seem to fade into a bad dream[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the steel rail still ain't heard the news[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                                   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThe conductor sings his songs again, the passagers will please refrain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]F7[/ch]                   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThis train got the disappearing railroad blues.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nGood night America, How are you?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                      [ch]Eb[/ch]               [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nSay, don't you know me, I'm your native son.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                            [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]Gm[/ch]   [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nI'm the train they call the City of New Orleans[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Eb[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n      ::Chorus::\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Bb","F","Gm","Eb","Dm","C","F7","G7","B","G","D","A","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}