Title: City Of New Orleans

Artist: Arlo Guthrie
Sequenced by: Michael D. MacDonald
Oct 2001

Michael D MacDonald
City of New Orleans
This was a difficult song to do because, frankly, there is not all that much to it. Arlo Guthrie's version was haunting but I was not able to achieve that effect so I played for weeks with the two counter point tracks you hear in the second (ad lib) and
As always, non commercial use only please. Do not alter in any manner except to adjust voicings to your own taste. Never distribute an altered file.
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mike@mmacdonald.com

Ridin' on the City
of New Orleans,
Illinois Central
Monday morning rail
Fifteen cars and
fifteen restless riders,
Three conductors and
twentyfive sacks of mail.
All along the
southbound odyssey
The train pulls out
at Kankakee
It rolls along past houses,
farms and fields.
Passin' trains
that have no names,
And freight yards full
of old black men
And the graveyards of
the rusted automobiles.

Good morning America
how are you?
Say: 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.

Dealin' cards 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 steam.
Mothers with their
babes asleep,
Are rockin' to do
the gentle beat
And the rhythm of the rails
is all they feel.

Good morning America
how are you?
Say: 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.

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 songs again,
The passengers
will please refrain
This train got the
disappearing railroad blues.

Good night America
how are you?
Say: 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.

City of New Orleans
Made famous by Arlo Guthrie. John Denver and others
Soft karaoke
Words
City of New Orleans
Fingered Bass
Jazz Kit
Grand Piano
Steel Guitar
Clean Elec Guitar
Whistle
Jazz Guitar
Jazz Guitar
Accordion
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City of New Orleans
Arrangement by
and sequenced by
Michael D MacDonald
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V1
V1
C1
T1
Solo
V2
C2