CITY OF NEW ORLEANS - Arlo Guthrie Capo on 4th Intro: D D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) Riding on the City of New Orleans Bm (x24432@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) D (xx0232@1) Illinois Central Monday morning rail D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders Bm (x24432@1) A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail. Bm (x24432@1) All a - long the south bound odyssey, - the F#m train pulls out of Kenkakee A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) Rolls along past houses farms and fields Bm (x24432@1) Passing trains that have no name, - F#m (244222@1) freight yards of old black men A (x02220@1) A7 (x02020@1) D (xx0232@1) And graveyards of rusted automo - biles. Chorus: G (320003@1) A7 (x02020@1) D (xx0232@1) Good morning A - merica, how are you? Bm (x24432@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) A7 (x02020@1) Say, don't you know me, I'm your native son. - I'm D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) Bm (x24432@1) Bm/A- (x04440@1)E7/Ab the train they call the City of New Orleans C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) D (xx0232@1) I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done. D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) Dealing card games with the old men in the club car Bm (x24432@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) D (xx0232@1) Penny a point ain't no one keeping score D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) Pass the paper bag that hold?s the bottle Bm (x24432@1) A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) Feel the wheels rumbling 'neath the floor Bm (x24432@1) F#m (244222@1) And the sons of Pullman porters - and the sons of engineers A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) Ride their father's magic carpets made of steel Bm (x24432@1) F#m (244222@1) Mother with her babes asleep - rocking to the gentle beat A (x02220@1) A7 (x02020@1) D (xx0232@1) And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel. Chorus: G (320003@1) A7 (x02020@1) D (xx0232@1) Good morning A - merica, how are you? Bm (x24432@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) A7 (x02020@1) Say, don't you know me, I'm your native son. - I'm D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) Bm (x24432@1) Bm/A- (x04440@1)E7/Ab the train they call the City of New Orleans C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) D (xx0232@1) I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done. D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) Night time on the City of New Orleans Bm (x24432@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) D (xx0232@1) Changing cars in Memphis Tennes - see D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) Halfway home we'll be there by morning Bm (x24432@1) A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) through the Mississippi darkness rolling down to the sea. Bm (x24432@1) F#m (244222@1) But all the towns and people seem - to fade into a dark dream A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) And the steel rail still ain't heard the news Bm (x24432@1) F#m (244222@1) The con - ductor sings his songs again, - the passengers will please refrain A (x02220@1) A7 (x02020@1) D (xx0232@1) This train got the disap - pearing railroad blues. Chorus: G (320003@1) A7 (x02020@1) D (xx0232@1) Good morning A - merica, how are you? Bm (x24432@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) A7 (x02020@1) Say, don't you know me, I'm your native son. - I'm D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) Bm (x24432@1) Bm/A- (x04440@1)E7/Ab the train they call the City of New Orleans C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) D (xx0232@1) I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done. Outro: D - A - D - Bm - G - D fade during playing D (xx0232@1) xx0232 A (x02220@1) x02220 Bm x24432 G (320003@1) 320033 F#m 244222 E (022100@1) 022100 A7 x02020 Bm/A x04432 E7/Ab 422430 456454
