City Of New Orleans chords by Jonas fjeld, Judy Collins
Verse 1
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You can sing on the
chorus if you want.
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Ridin' on the city of New Orleans,
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Illinois
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Central, Monday mornin' rail,
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15 cars
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and 15 restless riders,
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their three conductors,
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And twenty -five sacks of maize
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On the southbound odyssey
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That trembles out at Kankakee
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Rolls along past houses,
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farms and fields
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Passing trains that have no name
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Freight yards full of old black men
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In the graveyards of the
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rusted automobiles
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Good morning, America, how are you?
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Oh, don't you know me?
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I'm your native son
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I'm the train they call the
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city of New Orleans
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I'll be gone 500 miles
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when the day is done
Dealing card games
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with the old men in the club cars
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At a penny a point,
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you know I'm keeping score
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Pass the paper bag
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that holds the bottle
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Feel the wheels run beneath the floor
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And the sons of home importers,
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sons of engineers
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Ride their father's magic
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carpet made of steel
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And mothers with their babes asleep
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Just a -rockin' to the Genevieve
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And the rhythm of the
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rails is all they feel
That's Dave Wilson
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Good morning, America, how are you?
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Oh, don't you know me?
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I'm the Native son
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I'm the train they call the
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City of New Orleans
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I'll be gone for a hundred miles
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when the day is done
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Adim
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John Teer
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That's Mr. Russ Walden
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on the piano.
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We're changing cars in Memphis,
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Tennessee
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Halfway home and we'll
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be there by morning
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Through the Mississippi darkness,
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rolling down to the sea
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And all the towns and people
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seem to change into a bad dream
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Those steel rails, still they do the news
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The conductor sings his songs again
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Passengers are pleased, refrained
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This train got to disappearing,
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railroad blues
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There's one man in America,
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how are you?
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Lord, don't you know me?
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I'm your native son
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I'm the train they call the
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city 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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I'll be gone a million miles
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when the race is run
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I'll be gone, gone, gone
Thank you so much
Thank you, thank you
Well, of course Jonas is
a magnificent writer
and I'm going to turn things over to him
to tell you about this next beautiful song.
Okay, so this is a song
from our brand new album,
Winter Stories.
And this is a title song from the album
and lyrics by the great Russell Walden.
City Of New Orleans
Jonas Fjeld, Judy Collins
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