The City Of New Orleans Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Riding on the cit[D]y of New Or [G]leans,
[Em]Illinois
Central, [C]Monday morning [G]rail.
Fifteen cars and fif[D]teen
restless [G]riders
[Em]Three conductors and
[D]twenty -five sacks of [G]mail
All [Em]along the southbound odyssey
The [Bm]train pulls out of Kankakee
[D]Rolls along past houses,
farms, and [A]fields
[Em]Passing trains that have no names
[Bm]Freight yards full of old black men
And [D]the graveyards of the
rusted automo[G]biles
[C]Good morning [D]America, how [G]are ya?
Say, [Em]don't you know me?
[C]I'm your native [G]son
[D]I'm [C]the [G]train they call
The [D]city of New [Em]Or leans
[A]I'll be [F]gone five [Em]hundred [D]miles
When the day is [G]done
I see old men playin' [D]poker
In a [G]club car
A [Em]penny in hand ain't [C]no
one keepin' [G]score
They pass the paper bag
[D]that holds the bot[G]tle
And [Em]feel the wheels a
[D]-grumblin' neat the floor
[G]An [D]d t[G]he sons o[Em]f foreman porters
and the [Bm]sons of engineers
ride their [D]father's magic carpet
made of [A]steel moth[Em]ers
with their babes asleep
are [Bm]rocking to the gentle beat
and the [D]rhythm of the rails is all they [G]feel
[C]good morning [D]america how [G]are you
Say, [Em]don't you know me?
[C]I'm your native [G]son
[D]I'm [C]the [G]train they call
the [D]City of New Or[Em]leans
[A]I'll be gon[F]e five hun[Em]dred mil[D]es
when the day is [G]done[Ab]
Nighttime on the [Eb]city of
New Or[Ab]leans
[Fm]Changing cars in [Db]Memphis,
Ten[Ab]nessee
Halfway home and [Eb]we'll be
there by [Ab]morning
Through the [Fm]Mississippi
darkness [Eb]rolling down
[Ab]But [Fm]all the towns and people
seem to [Cm]fade into a bad dream
An[Eb]d the steel rails still
ain't heard the [Bb]news
The [Fm]conductor sings his songs again
The [Cm]passengers will please refrain
[Eb]This train's got the
disappearing railroad [Ab]blues
[Db]Oh, goodnight Amer[Eb]ica, how a[Ab]re you?
Say, [Fm]don't you know me?
[Db]I'm your latest [Ab]son
[Eb]I'm the [Ab]train they call
the [Eb]City of New Or[Fm]leans
[Bb]I'll be gone[Gb] five hund[Db]red mile[Eb]s
when the day is [Ab]done[Ab][Ab][Ab]
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