Arlo Guthrie

City Of New Orleans(Chords)

Arlo Guthrie

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Riding on the City of New Orleans,  
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Illinois Central Monday morning rail.  
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Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders,  
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Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail. 
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All along the south bound odyssey, the train pulls out of Kankakee,  
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Rolls along past houses farms and fields,  
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Passing trains that have no name, freight yards full of old black men  
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And the graveyards of rusted automobiles.  
    
C D7 G Good morning, America, how are you? Em C G D7 D9 Don't you know me? I'm your native son. G D Em Em7 A7 I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans. Bb C D D9 G I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.
G D G Dealing card games with the old men in the club car, Em C G Penny a point, ain't no one keeping score. G D G Pass the paper bag that holds the bottle, Em D G Feel the wheels rumbling 'neath the floor. Em Bm And the sons of Pullman porters and the sons of engineers D A Ride their fathers' magic carpets made of steel. Em Bm Mothers with their babes asleep rocking to the gentle beat D D7 G And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel.
C D7 G Good morning, America, how are you? Em C G D7 D9 Don't you know me? I'm your native son. G D Em Em7 A7 I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans. Bb C D D9 G I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.
G D G Nightime on the City of New Orleans, Em C G Changing cars in Memphis Tennessee. G D G Half way home, we'll be there by morning, Em D G through the Mississippi darkness rolling down to the sea. Em Bm But all the towns and people seem to fade into a bad dream D A And the steel rail still ain't heard the news. Em Bm The conductor sings his songs again, 'Passengers will please refrain ... .' D D7 G This train got the disappearing railroad blues.
C D7 G Good night, America, how are you? Em C G D7 D9 Don't you know me? I'm your native son. G D Em Em7 A7 I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans. Bb C D D9 G I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.

Written by Steve Goodman

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