City Of New Orleans chords by Midnite Ramblers

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Verse 1
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Riding on the city of New Orleans,
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Illinois
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Central, Monday morning rail
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There's fifteen cars and
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fifteen restless riders,
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three conductors,
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twenty -five sacks of mail
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And I'm rid in' on
a southbound odyssey
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From the train poles out of Kanga -Kee
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Rollin' past the houses,
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farms, and fields
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Passing trains that have no names
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Freak yards full of old -grade men
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Graveyards of rusting automobiles
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Sayin', good mornin',
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America, how are you?
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Boy, 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 the Fallings
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I'll be gone 500 miles
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when day is done
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Dealin' cards with the old man
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in the glove car
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Many a point there's no
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one keepin' score
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Won't you pass that paper
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bag and hold the bottle
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I can feel the wheels
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a -runnin' through the floor
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I'm the sons of Pullman porters
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and the sons  of engineers
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By the father's magic
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carpet made of steel
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I'm mothers with their babes asleep
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rockin'   to the gentle beat
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Ain't nothin' but the rhythm
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of the wheels
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Sayin' good mornin',
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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 when day's done
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And it's twilight in the City
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of New Orleans
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Changing cars in Memphis, Tennessee
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I'll fly home and we'll be
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there by morning
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Where the Mississippi River
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runs out to the sea
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And it's goodnight America, I love 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 that calls the
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city of New Orleans
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I'll be gone 500 miles
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when day is done
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Saying good morning
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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 that calls the
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city of New Orleans
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I'll be gone 500 miles when day's done
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I'll be gone 500 miles when
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day's done
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