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City Of New Orleans by Steve Goodman - Guitar Chords
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[Intro]
C G C Am F C G
[Verse 1]
C G C
Riding on the City of New Orleans
Am F C G7
Illinois Central, Monday morning rail
C G C
Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders
Am G C C7
Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail
[Bridge]
Am
All along the southbound odyssey
Em
The train pulls out at Kankakee
G Dm
And rolls along past houses, farms and fields
Am
Passing towns that have no name
Em
And freight yards full of old black men
G G7 C C7
And the graveyards of the rusted automobiles
[Chorus]
F G C C7
Good morning America, how are ya
Am F C G7
Say, don't you know me, I'm your native son
C G C C7
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
Am F G C G
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done
[Verse 2]
C G C
Dealing card games with the old men in the club car
Am F C G7
Penny a point, ain't no one keeping score
C G C
Pass the paper bag that holds the bottle
Am G C C7
Feel the wheels rumbling 'neath the floor
[Bridge]
Am
And the sons of pullman porters
Em
And the sons of engineers
G Dm
Ride their fathers' magic carpets made of steel
Am
And mothers with their babes asleep
Em
Are rockin' to the gentle beat
G G7 C C7
And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel
F G C
Good morning America, how are you
Am F C G7
Say, don't you know me, I'm your native son
C G C C7
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
Am F G C G7
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done
[Verse 3]
C G C
Nighttime on the City of New Orleans
Am F C G7
Changing cars in Memphis, Tennessee
C G C
Half way home, we'll be there by morning
C Am G C C7
Through the Mississippi darkness rolling down to the sea
[Bridge]
Am
But all the towns and people seem
Em
To fade into a bad dream
G Dm
And the steel rail still ain't heard the news
Am
The conductor sings his songs again
Em
The passengers will please refrain
G G7 C C7
This train got the disappearing railroad blues
[Chorus]
F G C
Good night America, how are you
Am F C G7
Say, don't you know me, I'm your native son
C G C
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
Am F G C C7
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done
[Chorus]
F G C
Good night America, how are you
Am F C G7
Say, don't you know me, I'm your native son
C G C
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
Am F G C C7
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done
[Outro]
Am F G C
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