City Of New Orleans chords by Lee conway

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Intro 1

Verse 1
G 
This
Ridin' on the city of New Orleans
Em 
C 
Illinois Central Monday
G 
mornin' rail
D 
G 
Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders
Em 
Three conductors and
D 
G 
twenty -five sacks of mail
Em 
All along the southbound odyssey
B 
The trains roll out of Kankakee
D 
And goes along the houses,
A 
farms, and fields
Em 
Massive trains that have no name
B 
And graveyards full of old black men
D 
And the graveyards full of
G 
the rusted automobiles
C 
D 
G 
Good mornin', America, how are ya?
Em 
Say, don't you know me,
C 
G 
I'm your native son
D 
G 
I'm the train that calls the
D 
G 
city of New Orleans
Bb 
C 
I'll be gone five hundred miles
D 
G 
when the day is done
Dealin' card games with the
old man in the club car
Em 
C 
G 
Any point and no one keepin' score
D 
G 
Pass the paper bag that holds the bottle
Em 
D 
Feel the wheels a -rum
G 
blin' through the floor
Em 
And the sons of Pullman porters
B 
and the sons of engineers
D 
Ride their fathers' magic
A 
carpet made of steel
Em 
Mothers with their babies sleepin',
B 
rockin' to the gentle beat
D 
G 
And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel
C 
D 
G 
Good morning, America, how are ya?
Em 
Say, don't you know me,
C 
G 
I'm your native son
D 
G 
I'm the train that called
D 
G 
the city of New Orleans
Bb 
C 
I'll be gone five hundred miles
D 
G 
Ab 
when the day is done
Nighttime on the city of New Orleans
Fm 
Db 
Changing cars in Memphis, Tennessee
Ab 
Halfway home we'll be
Eb 
Ab 
there by the morning
Fm 
Hear the Mississippi darkness
Eb 
Ab 
rolling down to the sea
Fm 
But all the towns and people
C 
seem to fade into a bad dream
Eb 
Bb 
And steel rails still ain't in earthen use
Fm 
The conductor sings his song again
C 
The passengers will please refrain
Eb 
This train's got the disappearing
Ab 
railroad blues
Db 
Eb 
Ab 
Good morning, America, how are ya?
Fm 
Say, don't you know me,
Db 
Ab 
I'm your native son
Eb 
Ab 
I'm the train that called
Eb 
Ab 
the city of New Orleans
Db 
Eb 
I'll be gone five hundred miles
Ab 
when the day is done you