City of New Orleans Steve Goodman
Verse I
[C]Ridin' on the [G]City of New [C]Orlins
[Am]Illinois Central, [F]Monday morning [C]rail[G]
[G]There [G7]are [C]fifteen cars and [G]fifteen restless [C]riders
[Am]Three conductors and [G]twenty-five sacks of [C]mail
[Bridge]
They're all [Am]out on the south-bound odyssey
[Am]And the [Em]train pulls out at Kankakee
[G]Rolls past the houses, farms and [Dm]fields
[Am]Passing towns that have no name
And [Em]freight yards full of old black men
And the [G]graveyards of [G7]rusted automo[C]biles[C7]
]Chorus]
[C7]Singing, [F]Good morning [F]America, How [C]are ya
[C]Saying, [Am]don't you know me, [F]I'm your native [C]son
[G]Yes I'm [G7]the [C]train they call the [G]City of New [C]Orlins
[C]And I'll be [Am]gone five [F]hundred [G]miles when [Em]day is [C]done[Em] [C]
Verse II
[G]And I [C]was dealin' card with the [G]old men in [G7]the [C]club car
And it's [Am]penny a point, There ain't [F]no one keeping [C]score[G]
[G]Oh won't [G7]you [C]pass that paper [G]bag thet holds [G7]that [C]bottle
[C]You can [Am]feel the wheels [G]grumblin' through the [C]floor
[Bridge]
And the [Am]sons of pullman porters
The [Em]sons of engineers
And they [G]ride the fathers' magic carpet, Made of [Dm]steam
And [Am]mothers with their babes asleep
Go [Em]rockin' to the gentle beat
The [G]rhythm of the [G7]rails is all they [C]dream
[Cborus]
[C7]Just a singin' [F]Good morning [F]America, how [C]are ya
[C]Saying, [Am]don't you know me, [F]I'm your native [C]son
[G]And I'm [G7]the [C]train they call the [G]City of New [C]Orlins
[C]I'll be [Am]gone five [F]hundred [G]miles when [Em]day is [C]done[Em] [C]
[Transition]
[Am] [F] [G] [Em] [C] [Em] [C] [G]
Verse III
[C]Nighttime on the [G]City of New [C]Orlins
[Am]Changing cars in [F]Memphis, Tenne[C]ssee[G]
[G]It's [C]Half way home, We'll [G]be there by [C]morning
[C]Through the [Am]Mississippi darkness, [G]rollin' to the [C]sea
[Bridge]
And [Am]all the towns and people
They seem to [Em]fade into a bad dream
The [G]old steel rail, It ain't heard the[Dm] news
The [Am]conductor sings, His song began
It's [Em]passengers will please refrain
[Em]But t[G]his train's got the [G7]disappearin' railroad [C]blues[C7]
[Cborus]
J[C7]ust a singin' [F]Good night [F]America, how [C]are ya
[C]Sayin', [Am]don't you know me, [F]I'm your native [C]son[G]
[G]And I'm [G7]the [C]train they call the [G]City of New [C]Orlins
[C]I'll be [Am]gone five [F]hundred [G]miles when [Em]day is [C]done
[C7]Just a singin' [F]Good night [F]America, how [C]are ya
[C]Sayin', [Am]don't you know me, [F]I'm your native [C]son[G]
[G]Well I'm [G7]the [C]train they call the [G]City of New [C]Orlins
[C]And I'll be [C]gone [Am]long,long [F]time when [G]day is [Bb]done
[Outro}
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