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City Of New Orleans

By: Steve Goodman [1]
Performed: Arlo Guthrie
Capo 2
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 15 restless riders
Am G7 C
Three conductors and 25 sacks of mail
 
Am Em
All along the southbound odyssey, the train pulls out of Kankakee
G D
And rolls along past houses, farms, and fields
Am Em
Passing towns that have no name, and freight yards full of old black men
G G7 C C7
And the graveyards of the rusted automobiles
 
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 Am D
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
Bb F G G7 C
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done
 
C G C
Dealing cards with the old men in the clubcar
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 G7 C
And feel the wheels rumbling neath the floor
 
Am Em
And the sons of pullman porters, and the sons of engineers
G D
Ride their fathers magic carpet made of steel
Am Em
Mothers with their babes a sleep, a rocking to the gentle beat
G G7 C C7
And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel
 
 
C G C
Nighttime on the City of New Orleans
Am F C G7
Changing cars in Memphis Tennesse
C G C
Halfway home and we'll be there by morning
Am G7 C
Through the Mississippi darkness rolling down to the sea
 
Am Em
And all the towns and people seem, to fade into a bad dream
G D
And the steel rail still ain't heard the news
Am Em
The conducter sings his song again, the passengers will please refrain
G G7 C C7
This train's got the disappearing railroad blues
 
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 Am
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
Bb F G G7 C
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done

Created 2009 Aug 20 12:20

This is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.

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