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[Verse 1]
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Riding on the City of New Orleans
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Illinois Central, Monday morning rail
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Fifteen cars, fifteen restless riders
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Three conductors and tweny-five sacks of mail
[Verse 2]
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All along the southbound odyssey
F#m F#m
The train pulls out at Kankakee
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Rolls along past houses, farms and fields
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Passin' trains that have no names
F#m F#m
Freight yards full of old black men
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And the graveyards of rusted automobiles
[Chorus]
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Good morning America, how are you?
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Don't you know me, I'm your native son
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I am 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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[Verse 3]
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Dealin' card games with the old men in the club car
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Penny a point ain't no one keepin' score
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Pass the paper bag that holds the bottle
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Feel the wheels rumblin' 'neath the floor
[Verse 4]
Bm Bm
And the sons of Pullman Porters
F#m F#m
And the sons of engineers
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Ride their father's magic carpet made of steel
Bm Bm
Mothers with their babes asleep
F#m F#m
Are rockin' to the gentle beat
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And the rhythm of the rail is all they feel
[Chorus]
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Good morning America, how are you?
Bm G D
Don't you know me, I'm your native son
A D A Bm A E
I am 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
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[Verse 5]
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Nighttime on the city of New Orleans
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Changing cars in Memphis, Tennessee
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Half way home, we'll be there by morning
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Through the Mississippi darkness
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Rolling down to the sea
[Verse 6]
Bm Bm
All the towns and people seem
F#m F#m
To fade into a bad dream
A A E E
And the steel rails still ain't heard the news
Bm Bm
The conductor sings his song again
F#m F#m
The passengers will please refrain
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This train has got the disappearing railroad blues
[Chorus]
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Good morning America, how are you?
Bm G D
Don't you know me, I'm your native son
A D A Bm A E
I am the train they call The City of New O___rleans
C Bm A D D
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done
[Chorus]
G A D D
Good morning America, how are you?
Bm G D
Don't you know me, I'm your native son
A D A Bm A E
I am the train they call The City of New O___rleans
C Bm A D D
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done
[Outro]
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