City Of New Orleans chords by Dave Kelly
Verse 1
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Riding on the city
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of New Orleans Hill
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North Central, Monday morning rain
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Fifteen cars,
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fifteen restless rider s
Three conductors,
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twenty -five sacks of mail
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All along the southbound odyssey,
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the train pulls out of Kangakee Roads along pass houses,
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farms and fields
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Passing trains that had no name,
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freight yards full of old black men
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And the graveyards of the
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rusted automobiles
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Well it's good morning America now,
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aren't you?
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Now, don't you know me,
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I'm your native son
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I'm a train that comes to the
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of New Orleans
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I'll be gone five hundred miles
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when the day is done
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Dealin' cards with the old
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men in the club car
Penny and pointer,
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nobody's keepin' score
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Pass the paper bag
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that holds the bottle
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Feel the wheels rumblin' near the floor
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And the sons of foregone porters
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And the sons of engineers
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Ride their fathers' magic
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carpet made of steel
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Mothers with their babes asleep
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rockin' to that gentle beat
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And the rhythm of the
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rails is all they feel
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Good morning America, how are you?
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Now don't you know me,
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I'm your native son
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I'm a train to go to the city
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of New Orleans
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I'll be gone by a hundred miles
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when the day is done
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Nighttime on the city of
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New Orleans
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Changing cars in Memphis,
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Tennessee
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Halfway home,
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we'll be there by morning
Through the Mississippi darkness
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rolling down to the sea
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All the towns and people
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seem to fade into a bad dream
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Steel rails still ain't heard the news
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The conductor sings a song again
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Passengers will please refrain
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And this train got to disappear
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in fair old blue
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Good morning America, how are you?
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Now don't you know me,
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I'm your native son
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I'm a train to go to the city of
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New Orleans
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I'll be gone five hundred miles
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when the day is done
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Well it's good morning America,
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how are you?
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Now don't you know me,
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I'm your native son
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I'm a train to call the city
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of New Orleans
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I'll be gone five hundred miles
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when the day is done
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I'll be gone five hundred miles
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when the day is done
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City Of New Orleans
Dave Kelly
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