[Versetto]
D                A             D 
Ridin' on the City of New Orleans 
Bm               G             D 
Illinois Central Monday mornin' rail
 
Illinois Central Monday mornin' rail 
D                A              
There's 15 cars, and 15 restless
 D 
 riders 
There's 15 cars, and 15 restless riders 
Bm              A              D 
3 conductors and 25 sacks of mail  
Bm                               F#m
All along a southbound oddyssey, and
 
 the train pulls out of Kankakee 
All along a southbound oddyssey, and the train pulls out of Kankakee 
A                               
And rolls along past the houses,
           E 
 farms and fields 
And rolls along past the houses, farms and fields 
Bm                               F#m 
Passin' trains that have no name, and
 freightyards full of old black men 
Passin' trains that have no name, and freightyards full of old black men 
A                  A7       
The graveyards of the rusted
          D 
 automobiles
The graveyards of the rusted automobiles
[Ritornello]
G             A7               D 
Good mornin' America, how are you? 
       Bm                 G        
Sayin' don't you know me?, I'm your
       D      A7 
 native son 
Sayin' don't you know me?, I'm your native son 
        D                   A      
I'm the train they call the City of
     Bm A E7 
 New Orleans 
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans 
       C     G   A                 
I'll be gone 500 miles when the day
    D 
 is done.
I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done.
[Versetto]
D                   A              
Dealin’ card games with the old men
             D 
 in the club car. 
Dealin’ card games with the old men in the club car. 
Bm              G                  
Penny a point, ain’t no one keepin'
   D 
 score 
Penny a point, ain’t no one keepin' score 
D               A                 
Pass the paper bag that holds that
    D 
 bottle. 
Pass the paper bag that holds that bottle. 
Bm              A                  
Hear the wheels rumblin' ‘neath the
 D 
 floor.  
Hear the wheels rumblin' ‘neath the floor.  
Bm                                  
And the sons of Pullman Porters, and
     F#m 
 the sons of engineers 
And the sons of Pullman Porters, and the sons of engineers 
A                                    
Ride their father's magic carpet made
    E 
 of steel 
Ride their father's magic carpet made of steel 
Bm                                 
Mothers with their babes asleep are
 F#m 
 rockin’ to the gentle beat 
Mothers with their babes asleep are rockin’ to the gentle beat 
A                     A7          
And the rhythm of the rails is all
      D 
 they feel.
And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel.
[Ritornello]
G            A7               D 
Good mornin' America, how are you? 
       Bm             G            
Sayin' don't you know me?, I'm your
 D      A7 
 native son 
Sayin' don't you know me?, I'm your native son 
        D                   A      
I'm the train they call the City of
     Bm A E7 
 New Orleans 
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans 
       C     G   A                 
I'll be gone 500 miles when the day
    D 
 is done.
I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done.
[Interludio]
G
  A7  D  Bm  G  D  A7  D  A  Bm A E7  C  G  A  D
[Versetto]
D                A           D 
Nighttime on the City of New Orleans.
 
Nighttime on the City of New Orleans. 
Bm               G             D 
Changin’ cars in Memphis, Tennessee 
D                  A                
Half way home, and we'll be there by
 D 
 mornin' 
Half way home, and we'll be there by mornin' 
            Bm                  
Through the Mississippi darkness
 A                   D 
 rollin’ down to the sea.  
Through the Mississippi darkness rollin’ down to the sea.  
        Bm                          
And all the towns and people seem to
 F#m 
 fade into a bad dream 
And all the towns and people seem to fade into a bad dream 
        A                            
And the steel rails still ain't heard
     E 
 the news 
And the steel rails still ain't heard the news 
        Bm                         
The conductor sings his songs again
     F#m 
 the passengers will please refrain
 
The conductor sings his songs again the passengers will please refrain 
        A                  A7      
This train has got the disappearin’
          D 
 railroad blues
This train has got the disappearin’ railroad blues
[Ritornello]
G            A7               D 
Good mornin' America, how are you? 
       Bm             G            
Sayin' don't you know me?, I'm your
 D      A7 
 native son 
Sayin' don't you know me?, I'm your native son 
        D                   A      
I'm the train they call the City of
     Bm A E7 
 New Orleans
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
[Outro]
       C     G   A                 
I'll be gone 500 miles when the day
    D 
 is done 
I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done 
       C     G   A                 
I'll be gone 500 miles when the day
    D 
 is done 
I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done 
       C     G   A                 
I'll be gone 500 miles when the day
    D 
 is done
I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done