Artist: Arlo Guthrie    Genre: Folk-Rock    Roman Numerals: I, II, ii, II7, iii, IV, V, v, V7, vi    Instrument: Guitar - Standard Tuning [E,A,D,G,B,E]    Entered by: PollyEV   

G♭ (G♭,B♭,D♭) G♭ D♭ G♭ B♭ D♭ G♭	A♭ (A♭,C,E♭) A♭ C E♭ A♭ C -	A♭m (A♭,C♭,E♭) - C♭ E♭ A♭ C♭ -	A♭7 (A♭,C,E♭,G♭) - - E♭ A♭ C G♭
B♭m (B♭,D♭,F) - B♭ F B♭ D♭ F	C♭ (C♭,E♭,G♭) - C♭ G♭ C♭ E♭ G♭	D♭ (D♭,F,A♭) - D♭ F A♭ D♭ -	D♭m (D♭,F♭,A♭) 4fr > - D♭ A♭ D♭ F♭ A♭
D♭7 (D♭,F,A♭,C♭) - C♭ F A♭ D♭ -	E♭m (E♭,G♭,B♭) - - - B♭ E♭ G♭

Verse 1

[G♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Unison] Riding on the

[D♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Fifth] City of New

[G♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Unison] Orleans

[E♭mMinor Chord (U,m3,P5) on the Major Sixth] Illinois Central

[C♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Fourth] Monday morning

[G♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Unison] rail

[G♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Unison] Fifteen cars and

[D♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Fifth] fifteen restless

[G♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Unison] riders

Three

[E♭mMinor Chord (U,m3,P5) on the Major Sixth] conductors and

[D♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Fifth] twenty five sacks of

[G♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Unison] mail

All a-

[E♭mMinor Chord (U,m3,P5) on the Major Sixth] long the south bound odyssey the

[B♭mMinor Chord (U,m3,P5) on the Major Third] train pulls out of Kenkakee

[D♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Fifth] Rolls along past houses farms and

[A♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Major Second] fields

[E♭mMinor Chord (U,m3,P5) on the Major Sixth] Passing trains that have no name

[B♭mMinor Chord (U,m3,P5) on the Major Third] freight yards full of old black men

And the

[D♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Fifth] graveyards of

[D♭7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7) on the Perfect Fifth] rusted automo-

[G♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Unison] biles

Chorus

[C♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Fourth] Good morning A-

[D♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Fifth] merica how

[G♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Unison] are you

Say

[E♭mMinor Chord (U,m3,P5) on the Major Sixth] don't you know me

[C♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Fourth] I'm your native

[G♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Unison] son

[D♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Fifth] I'm the

[G♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Unison] train they call the

[D♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Fifth] City of New

[E♭mMinor Chord (U,m3,P5) on the Major Sixth] Orleans

[A♭7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7) on the Major Second]

I'll be

[D♭mMinor Chord (U,m3,P5) on the Perfect Fifth] gone five

[A♭mMinor Chord (U,m3,P5) on the Major Second] hundred

[D♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Fifth] miles when the day is

[G♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Unison] done

Verse 2

Dealing

[G♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Unison] card games with the

[D♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Fifth] old men in the

[G♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Unison] club car

[E♭mMinor Chord (U,m3,P5) on the Major Sixth] Penny a point ain't

[C♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Fourth] no-one keeping

[G♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Unison] score

[G♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Unison] Pass the paper

[D♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Fifth] bag that holds the

[G♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Unison] bottle

[E♭mMinor Chord (U,m3,P5) on the Major Sixth] Feel the wheels

[D♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Fifth] rumbling 'neath the

[G♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Unison] floor

And the

[E♭mMinor Chord (U,m3,P5) on the Major Sixth] sons of Pullman porters and the

[B♭mMinor Chord (U,m3,P5) on the Major Third] sons of engineers

Ride their

[D♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Fifth] father's magic carpets made of

[A♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Major Second] steel

[E♭mMinor Chord (U,m3,P5) on the Major Sixth] Mothers with their babes asleep

[B♭mMinor Chord (U,m3,P5) on the Major Third] rocking to the gentle beat

And the

[D♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Fifth] rhythm of the

[D♭7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7) on the Perfect Fifth] rails is all they

[G♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Unison] feel

Repeat Chorus
Verse 3

[G♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Unison] Night time on the

[D♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Fifth] City of New

[G♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Unison] Orleans

[E♭mMinor Chord (U,m3,P5) on the Major Sixth] Changing cars in

[C♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Fourth] Memphis Tenne-

[G♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Unison] ssee

[G♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Unison] Half way home

[D♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Fifth] we'll be there by

[G♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Unison] morning

Through the

[E♭mMinor Chord (U,m3,P5) on the Major Sixth] Mississippi darkness

[D♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Fifth] rolling down to the

[G♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Unison] sea

But

[E♭mMinor Chord (U,m3,P5) on the Major Sixth] all the towns and people seem to

[B♭mMinor Chord (U,m3,P5) on the Major Third] fade into a bad dream

And the

[D♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Fifth] steel rail still ain't heard the

[A♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Major Second] news

The con-

[E♭mMinor Chord (U,m3,P5) on the Major Sixth] ductor sings his songs again

The	[B♭mMinor Chord (U,m3,P5) on the Major Third] passengers will please refrain

This

[D♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Fifth] train got the disap-

[D♭7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7) on the Perfect Fifth] pearing railroad

[G♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Unison] blues

Repeat Chorus
Ending

I'll be

[D♭mMinor Chord (U,m3,P5) on the Perfect Fifth] gone five

[A♭mMinor Chord (U,m3,P5) on the Major Second] hundred

[D♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Fifth] miles when the day is

[G♭Major Chord (U,M3,P5) on the Perfect Unison] done