Song Info
Artist:
Steve Goodman
Video
Tutorial &
Tab:
Helmut Bickel
Audio Clip
from the Tutorial
Rated:
( 1 )
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Capo 2nd Fret
- 4/4 Time
Verse:
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G D G G
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e|-----------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
B|-3-3-3---3-|-3-3---3-1-1-|---0-------0-----|-------------|
G|-0---------|-------------|-------0-------0-|-----0-----0-|
D|---0-----0-|-----0---0---|-----0-------0---|---0-----0---|
A|-----------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
E|-3-----3---|-2-----2-----|-3-------3-------|-3-----2-----|
Riding on the City of New Orleans
Em C G D
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e|---------------|-0-0-0-------|-------------|-------------|
B|-0-0---0-------|-1-----3---3-|---------3---|---------3---|
G|-----------0---|-------------|-----0-------|-2---2-------|
D|-----2-------2-|---2-----2---|---0-------0-|---0-------0-|
A|---------------|-3---3-------|-------------|-------------|
E|-0-------0-----|-------------|-3-----3-----|-2-----2-----|
Illinois Central Monday morning rail
G D G G
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e|-----------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
B|-3-3-3---3-|-3-3---3-1-1-|---0-------0-----|-------------|
G|-0---------|-------------|-------0-------0-|-----0-----0-|
D|---0-----0-|-----0---0---|-----0-------0---|---0-----0---|
A|-----------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
E|-3-----3---|-2-----2-----|-3-------3-------|-3-----2-----|
Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders
Em D G G
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e|---------------|-----------|---------------|-------------|
B|-0-0---0-------|-3-3-3-3---|---------0-----|---------0-0-|
G|-----------0---|-----------|-0---0-------0-|-----0-------|
D|-----2-------2-|-----0---4-|---0-------0---|---0-----0---|
A|---------------|-----------|---------------|-------------|
E|-0-------0-----|-2-----2---|-3-----3-------|-3-----3-----|
Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail
Em Bm
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e|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
B|-0-0-0---0-|-0-0-0-----|-----------|-----------|
G|-----------|-----------|-4-4-4---2-|-4-4-4-----|
D|---2-----2-|---2-----2-|---4---4---|---4-----4-|
A|-----------|-----------|-2---2-----|-2-----2---|
E|-0-----0---|-0-----0---|-----------|-----------|
All along the southbound odyssey
the train pulls out at Kankakee
D A
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e|-----------|---------0-|-0-------------|-0-------------|
B|-3-3-3---3-|-3-3-3-----|-2-------2-----|-2-------2-----|
G|-----------|-----------|-----2-------2-|-----2-------2-|
D|---0-----0-|---0-----0-|---2-------2---|---2-------2---|
A|-----------|-----------|-0-----0-------|-0-----0-------|
E|-2-----2---|-2-----2---|---------------|---------------|
And rolls along past houses, farms and fields
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Em Bm
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e|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
B|-0-0-0---0-|-0-0-0-----|-----------|-----------|
G|-----------|-----------|-4-4-4---2-|-4-4-4-----|
D|---2-----2-|---2-----2-|---4---4---|---4-----4-|
A|-----------|-----------|-2---2-----|-2-----2---|
E|-0-----0---|-0-----0---|-----------|-----------|
Passin' trains that have no names
and freight yards full of old black men
D C G
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e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-3---3-----0-|-1-1-1-0-----|---------0---|---------0---|
G|---------2---|---------2-0-|-----0-------|-----0-------|
D|---0-----0---|---2-----2---|---0-------0-|---0-------0-|
A|-------------|-3---3-------|-------------|-------------|
E|-2-----2-----|-------------|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|
And the graveyards of the rusted automobiles
Chorus:
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C D G
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e|-3-3---3---|-2-2-2---0---|-----------|-----------|
B|-1-1---1---|-3-3-3---3---|-3-----0---|---------0-|
G|-----------|---2-------2-|-0-0-------|-----0---0-|
D|---2-----2-|-0-----0-----|---0-----0-|---0-----0-|
A|-3---3-----|-------------|-----------|-----------|
E|-----------|-------------|-3---3-----|-3-----3---|
Good morning America how are you?
Em C G D
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e|-------------|-0-0-0-------|-------------|---------|
B|-0-0-0-------|-1-1-1---3---|-3-------3---|---3---1-|
G|-0-0-0---0---|-------------|-0---0-------|---2---2-|
D|---2-------2-|---2-------2-|---0-------0-|---0---0-|
A|-------------|-3-----3-----|-------------|---------|
E|-0-----0-----|-------------|-3-----3-----|-2---2---|
See, don't you know me I'm your native son
G D Em A
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e|-------------|---------0---|-------------|-------------|
B|-0---0---0---|-3---3-3-----|-0-------0---|---------2---|
G|-0---0---0---|-2---2-2-----|-----0-------|-----2-------|
D|---0-------0-|---0-------0-|---2-------2-|---2-------2-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-0-----0-----|
E|-3-----3-----|-2-----2-----|-0-----0-----|-------------|
I'm the train they call The City of New Orleans
F C D G
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e|-1-1-0-0-|-2-----------|-------------|
B|-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-1-0-|---------0---|
G|---------|-2-----------|-----0-------|
D|---3---2-|---0-------0-|---0-------0-|
A|-----3---|-------------|-------------|
E|-1-------|-2-----2-----|-3-----3-----|
And I'll be gone five hundred
miles when the day is done
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Lyrics & Chords: (4/4 - Capo 2nd Fret)
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Verse:
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G D G '
Riding on the City of New Orleans
Em C G D
Illinois Central Monday morning rail
G D G '
Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders
Em D G '
Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail
Em ' Bm
All along the southbound odyssey the train
Bm
pulls out at Kankakee
D ' A '
And rolls along past houses, farms and fields
Em ' Bm
Passin' trains that have no names and freight
Bm
yards full of old black men
D C G '
And the graveyards of the rusted automobiles
Chorus:
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C D G '
Good morning America how are you?
Em C G D
See, don't you know me I'm your native son
G D Em A
I'm the train they call The City of New Orleans
[ F C ] D G
And I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done
Verse:
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Dealin' card games with the old men in the club car
Penny a point ain't no one keepin' score
Pass the paper bag that holds the bottle
Feel the wheels rumblin' 'neath the floor
And the sons of pullman porters and the sons of engineers
Ride their father's magic carpets made of steel
Mothers with their babes asleep are rockin' to the gentle beat
And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel
Chorus:
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Good morning America how are you?
See, don't you know me I'm your native son
I'm the train they call The City of New Orleans
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done
Verse:
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Nighttime on The City of New Orleans
Changing cars in Memphis, Tennessee
Half way home, we'll be there by morning
Through the Mississippi darkness rolling down to the sea
But all the towns and people seem to fade into a bad dream
And the steel rails still ain't heard the news
The conductor sings his song again, the passengers
will please refrain
This train's got the disappearing railroad blues
Chorus:
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Good morning America how are you?
See, don't you know me I'm your native son
I'm the train they call The City of New Orleans
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done
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