City Of New Orleans
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: EbCapotraste: Sem capotraste
David Hasselhoff - City Of New Orleans
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[Intro]
Eb
[Verse]
Eb Bb Eb
Ridin' on the City of New Orleans
Cm Ab Eb Bb
Illinois Central Monday mornin rail
Eb Bb Eb
There's 15 cars and 15 restless riders
Cm Bb Eb
3 conductors and 25 sacks of mail
Cm Gm
All along a southbound oddyssey and the train pulls out of Kankakee
Bb F
And rolls along past the houses farms and fields
Cm Gm
Passin trains that have no name and freightyards full of old black men
Bb Eb
The graveyards of the rusted automobiles
[Chorus]
Ab Bb Eb
Good mornin America how are you
Cm Ab Eb Bb
Don't you know me I'm your native son
Eb Bb Cm Ab
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
Db Ab Bb Eb
I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done.
[Verse]
Eb Bb Eb
Dealin’ card games with the old men in the club car.
Cm Ab Eb Bb
Penny a point ain’t no one keepin score
Eb Bb Eb
Pass the paper bag that holds that bottle.
Cm Bb Eb
Hear the wheels rumblin neath the floor.
Cm Gm
And the sons of Pullman Porters and the sons of engineers
Bb F
Ride their father's magic carpet made of steel
Cm Gm
And the days are full of restless and the dreams are fill of meories
Bb Eb
And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel.
[Chorus 2]
Ab Bb Eb
Good mornin America how are you
Cm Ab Eb Bb
Don't you know me I'm your native son
Eb Bb Cm Ab
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
Db Ab Bb Eb
I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done.
[Interlude]
Cm Bb Eb
Well its twilight on the city of New Orleans
Ab Bb Eb
Talk about your pocketful of friends
Cm Bb/D Eb
Half way home and we'll be there by mornin
F Bb
No tomorrow waitin round the bend
[Chorus 3]
Ab Bb Eb
Singin good mornin America how are you
Cm Ab Eb Bb
Don't you know me I'm your native son
Eb Bb Cm Ab
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
Db Ab Bb Eb
I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done.
[Chorus 4]
Ab Bb Eb
Singin good mornin America how are you
Cm Ab Eb Bb
Don't you know me I'm your native son
Eb Bb Cm Ab
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
Db Ab Bb Eb
I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done.
How to play City Of New Orleans
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