Key: A major
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 15 cars and 15 restless riders
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twenty -five sacks of mail
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rusted automo biles
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Good morning, America, how are you?
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I'm your native son
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I'm the train, the car,
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the city of New Orleans
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I'll be gone five hundred miles
We're dealing cards
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with the old man in the club car
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ain't no one keeping score
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Pass the paper bag that holds the bottle
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blin 'neath the floor
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C
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The rhythm of the rail is all they hear
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D
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Good morning, America, how are you?
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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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Am
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I'll be gone five hundred miles
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We're changing cars in Memphis,
Tennessee
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Halfway home and we'll be
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rolling down to the sea
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Good night, how are you?
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I'm your native son
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city of New Orleans
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I'll be gone five hundred miles
Outro 1
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