City Of New Orleans by Judy Collins, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

City Of New Orleans

Biography:

Judy Collins (born Judith Marjorie Collins on May 1, 1939, in Seattle, Washington) is an American singer and songwriter known for the eclectic range of material she records (which has included folk, show tunes, pop, and rock and roll, as well as and standards) and for her social activism. Beginning in 1959, she was drawn to the music of Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger, and the traditional songs of the folk revival of the early 1960s. In 1968 she was awarded a Grammy for "Both Sides Now".

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Judy Collins - City Of New Orleans

CAPO: 4th Fret

[Intro]
G

[Verse 1]
G D G
Riding on the City of New Orleans
Em C G
Illinois Central Monday morning rail
D G
Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders
Em D G
Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail
Em Bm
On the south bound odyssey, the train pulls out of Kenkakee
D A
Rolls along past houses farms and fields
Em Bm
Passing trains that have no name, freight yards of old black men
D C G
And the graveyards of the rusted automobiles

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

[Verse 2]
D G
Playing cards with the old men in the club car
Em C G
Penny a point, ain't no one keeping score
D G
Pass the paper bag, but hold the bottle
Em D G
And feel the wheels rumbling beneath the floor
Em Bm
And the sons of Pullman porters, and the sons of engineers
D A
Ride their father's magic carpets made of steel
Em Bm
Mother with their babes asleep, rocking to the gentle beat
D C G
The rhythm of the rails is all they feel

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

[Verse 3]
D G
Night time on the City of New Orleans
Em C G
Changing cars in Memphis, Tennessee
D G
Half way home and we'll be there by morning
Em D G
Through the Mississippi darkness rolling down to the sea
Em Bm
And all the towns and people seem to fade into a bad dream
D A
The steel rail still ain't heard the news
Em Bm
The conductor sings his songs again, the passengers will please refrain
D C G
This train got the disappearing railroad blues

[Chorus]
C D G
Good night America, how are you?
Em C G D
Say, don't you know me, I'm your native son
G D Em
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
F C D G
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done
F C D G
I'll be gone a million miles when the race is run
F C G
I'll be gone_____