The City Of New Orleans Uke tab by Arlo Guthrie (Baritone Chords)

8 Chords used in the song: G, D, Em, C, Bm, A, A7, Bb

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Artist: 
Year:  2004
Difficulty: 
3.63
(Intermediate)
Key: D, BmChords
G G            D D          G G
Riding on the City of New Orleans
Em Em C C G G
Illinois Central, Monday morning rail
G G D D G G
Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders
Em Em D D G G
Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail

Em Em
All along the southbound odyssey
Bm Bm
The train pulls out at Kankakee
D D A A
Rolls along past houses, farms and fields
Em Em
Passing trains that have no name
Bm Bm
Freight yards full of old black men
D D G G
And the graveyards of the rusted automobiles

C C D D G G
Good morning America, how are you?
Em Em C C G G D D
Say, don't you know me? I'm your native son
G G D D Em Em A7 A7
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
Bb Bb C C D D G G
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.

G G D D G G
Dealin' card games with the old men in the club car
Em Em C C G G
Penny a point ain't no one keepin' score
G G D D G G
Pass the paper bag that holds the bottle
Em Em D D G G
Feel the wheels rumbling 'neath the floor.

Em Em
And the sons of pullman porters
Bm Bm
And the sons of engineers
D D A A
Ride their father's magic carpets made of steel
Em Em
Mothers with their babes asleep
Bm Bm
Are rockin' to the gentle beat
D D C C G G
And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel.

C C D D G G
Good morning America, how are you?
Em Em C C G G D D
Say, don't you know me? I'm your native son
G G D D Em Em A7 A7
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
Bb Bb C C D D G G
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.

G G D D G G
Nighttime on the City of New Orleans
Em Em C C G G
Changing cars in Memphis, Tennessee
G G D D G G
Half way home, we'll be there by morning
Em Em D D G G
Through the Mississippi darkness, rolling down to the sea.

Em Em
But all the towns and people seem
Bm Bm
To fade into a bad dream
D D A A
And the steel rail still ain't heard the news
Em Em
The conductor sings his songs again
Bm Bm
The passengers will please refrain
D D C C G G
This train got the disa-ppearing railroad blues.

C C D D G G
Goodnight, America, how are you?
Em Em C C G G D D
Say, don't you know me? I'm your native son
G G D D Em Em A7 A7
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
Bb Bb C C D D G G
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.

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