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