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