CITY OF NEW ORLEANS (Key D Capo 2nd Fret) C2 (x32010@1)3 4 C2 (x32010@1)3 4 C2 (x32010@1)3 4 C2 (x32010@1)3 4 C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Ridin on the City of New Orleans, Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) Illinois Central, Monday mornin rail C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) There's fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders, Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Three con-ductors and twenty five sacks of mail Am (x02210@1) Em (022000@1) All a-long the south bound odyssey, the train pulls in from Kankikee G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) Rolls along past houses, farms and fields Am (x02210@1) Passin towns that have no names Em (022000@1) And freight yards full of old black men G (320003@1) G7 (320001@1) C (x32010@1) And the graveyards of the rusted auto-mob-iles Chorus F (133211@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Good mornin Am-erica, how are you Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) I said don't you know me, I'm your native son G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans Eb (x43121@3) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) G7 (320001@1) C (x32010@1) I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Dealin cards with the old men in the club car, Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) A penny a point, there ain't no one keepin score C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Pass the paper bag that holds the bottle, Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) I can feel the wheels a-grumblin neath the floor Am (x02210@1) And the sons of Pullman porters Em (022000@1) And the sons of engineers G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) Ride their fathers magic carpet made of steel Am (x02210@1) And the mothers with their babes asleep Em (022000@1) Go rockin to the gentle beat G (320003@1) G7 (320001@1) C (x32010@1) And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel Chorus F (133211@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Good mornin Am-erica, how are you Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) I said don't you know me, I'm your native son G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans Eb (x43121@3) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) G7 (320001@1) C (x32010@1) I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Night time on the City of New Orleans Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) We're changin cars for Memphis, Tenness-ee C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) We're halfway home and we'll be there by mornin Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Through the Mississippi darkness rollin down to the sea Am (x02210@1) And all the towns and people seem Em (022000@1) To fade into a bad dream G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) And the steel rail still ain't heard the news Am (x02210@1) The conductor sings his songs again, Em (022000@1) The passengers will please refrain G (320003@1) G7 (320001@1) C (x32010@1) This train's got the disapp-earin railroad blues Chorus(twice) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Good Night Am-erica, how are you Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) I said don't you know me, I'm your native son G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans Eb (x43121@3) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) G7 (320001@1) C (x32010@1) I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done F (133211@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Good Night Am-erica, how are you Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) I said don't you know me, I'm your native son G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans Eb (x43121@3) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) G7 (320001@1) C (x32010@1) I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done 2 3 4 1 2 3 Eb (x43121@3) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) G7 (320001@1) C (x32010@1) I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1