City Of New Orleans

	 
[Verse]
D                A             D 
Ridin' on the City of New Orleans 
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Illinois Central Monday mornin' rail
 
Illinois Central Monday mornin' rail 
D                A              
There's 15 cars, and 15 restless
 D 
 riders 
There's 15 cars, and 15 restless riders 
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3 conductors and 25 sacks of mail  
Bm                              F#m
All along a southbound odyssey, and
 
 the train pulls out of Kankakee 
All along a southbound odyssey, and the train pulls out of Kankakee 
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And rolls along past the houses,
           E 
 farms and fields 
And rolls along past the houses, farms and fields 
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Passin' towns that have no name, and
 
 freightyards full of old grey men 
Passin' towns that have no name, and freightyards full of old grey men 
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The graveyards of the rusted
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 automobiles
The graveyards of the rusted automobiles
[Chorus]
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Singin' good mornin' America, how are
  D 
 you? 
Singin' good mornin' America, how are you? 
       Bm                 G        
Sayin' don't you know me?, I'm your
       D          A7 
 native son 
Sayin' don't you know me?, I'm your native son 
        D                   A      
I'm the train they call the City of
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 New Orleans 
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans 
       C      G     A              
I'll be gone 500 miles when the day
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 is done.
I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done.
[Verse]
D                   A               
I was playin' cards with the old men
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 in the club car. 
I was playin' cards with the old men in the club car. 
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Penny a point, ain't no one keepin'
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 score 
Penny a point, ain't no one keepin' score 
D               A                 
Pass the paper bag that holds that
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 bottle. 
Pass the paper bag that holds that bottle. 
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I can hear the wheels rumblin' thru
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 the floor.  
I can hear the wheels rumblin' thru the floor.  
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And the sons of Pullman Porters, and
 
 the sons of engineers 
And the sons of Pullman Porters, and the sons of engineers 
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Ride their father's magic carpet made
     E 
 of steel 
Ride their father's magic carpet made of steel 
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And their days are full of restless,
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 and their dreams are full of
 mem'ries 
And their days are full of restless, and their dreams are full of mem'ries 
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And the echos of the freight train
           D 
 whistle's clear
And the echos of the freight train whistle's clear
[Chorus]
G                     A7             
Singin' good mornin' America, how are
  D 
 you? 
Singin' good mornin' America, how are you? 
       Bm                 G        
Sayin' don't you know me?, I'm your
       D          A7 
 native son 
Sayin' don't you know me?, I'm your native son 
        D                   A      
I'm the train they call the City of
     Bm Bm7 E7 
 New Orleans 
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans 
       C      G     A              
I'll be gone 500 miles when the day
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 is done.
I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done.
[Bridge]
D                      A            
And it's twilight on the City of New
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 Orleans. 
And it's twilight on the City of New Orleans. 
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Talk about your pocket full of
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 friends 
Talk about your pocket full of friends 
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Half way home, and we'll be there by
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 mornin' 
Half way home, and we'll be there by mornin' 
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With no tomorrow waiting 'round the
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 bend
With no tomorrow waiting 'round the bend
[Chorus]
G                     A7            
Singin' good night' America, how are
   D 
 you? 
Singin' good night' America, how are you? 
       Bm                 G        
Sayin' don't you know me?, I'm your
       D          A7 
 native son 
Sayin' don't you know me?, I'm your native son 
        D                   A      
I'm the train they call the City of
     Bm Bm7 E7 
 New Orleans 
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans 
       C      G     A              
I'll be gone 500 miles when the day
       D 
 is done.   
I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done.   
G                     A7             
Singin' good mornin' America, how are
  D 
 you? 
Singin' good mornin' America, how are you? 
       Bm                 G        
Sayin' don't you know me?, I'm your
       D          A7 
 native son 
Sayin' don't you know me?, I'm your native son 
        D                   A      
I'm the train they call the City of
     Bm Bm7 E7 
 New Orleans 
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans 
       C      G     A              
I'll be gone 500 miles when the day
       D 
 is done.
I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done.