The City Of New Orleans
The City Of New Orleans

The City Of New Orleans easy guitar chords by Lynn Anderson

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    • Verse 1
    Riding 
    on 
    the 
    city 
    of 
    New 
    Or
    leans, 

    Illinois 

    Central, 
    Monday 
    morning 
    rail. 

    Fifteen 
    cars 
    and 
    fif
    teen 

    restless 
    rider
    s 

    Three 
    conductors 
    and 

    twenty 
    -five 
    sacks 
    of 
    mail 

    All 
    along 
    the 
    southbound 
    odyssey 

    The 
    train 
    pulls 
    out 
    of 
    Kankakee 

    Roll
    s 
    along 
    past 
    houses, 

    farms, 
    and 
    fields 

    Passing 
    trains 
    that 
    have 
    no 
    names 

    Freight 
    yards 
    full 
    of 
    old 
    black 
    men 

    And 
    the graveyards 
    of 
    the 

    rusted 
    automo
    biles 

    Good 
    morning 
    Amer
    ica, 
    how 
    are 
    ya? 

    Say, 
    don't 
    you 
    know 
    me? 

    I'm 
    your 
    native 
    son 

    I'm 
    the 
    train 
    they 
    call 

    The 
    city 
    of 
    New 
    Or
    leans 

    I'll 
    be 
    gone 
    five 
    hundred 
    miles 

    When 
    the 
    day 
    is 
    done 

    I 
    see 
    old 
    men 
    playin' 
    poker

    In 
    a 
    club 
    car 

    A 
    penny 
    in 
    hand 
    ain't 
    no 

    one 
    keepin' 
    score 

    They 
    pass 
    the 
    paper 
    bag 

    that 
    holds 
    the 
    bottle 

    And 
    feel 
    the 
    wheels 
    a 

    -grumblin' 
    neat 
    the 
    floor 

    An
    d 
    the 
    sons 
    of 
    foreman 
    porters 

    and 
    the 
    sons 
    of 
    engineers 

    ride 
    their 
    father's 
    magic 
    carpet 

    made 
    of 
    steel 
    moth
    ers 

    with 
    their 
    babes 
    asleep 

    are 
    rocking 
    to 
    the 
    gentle 
    beat 

    and 
    the 
    rhythm 
    of 
    the 
    rails 
    is 
    all 
    they 
    feel 

    good 
    morning 
    amer
    ica 
    how 
    are 
    you 

    Say, 
    don't 
    you 
    know 
    me? 

    I'm 
    your 
    native 
    son 

    I'm 
    the 
    train 
    they 
    call 

    the 
    City 
    of 
    New 
    Or
    leans 

    I'll 
    be 
    gone 
    five 
    hundred 
    miles 

    when 
    the 
    day 
    is 
    done 

    Nighttime 
    on 
    the 
    city 
    of 

    New 
    Or
    leans 

    Changing 
    cars 
    in 
    Memphis, 

    Ten
    nessee 

    Halfway 
    home 
    and 
    we'll 
    be 

    there 
    by 
    morn
    ing 

    Through 
    the 
    Mississippi 

    darkness 
    rolling 
    down 

    But 
    all 
    the 
    towns 
    and 
    people 

    seem 
    to 
    fade 
    into 
    a 
    bad 
    dream 

    An
    d 
    the 
    steel 
    rails 
    still 

    ain't 
    heard 
    the 
    news

    The 
    conduct
    or sings 
    his 
    songs 
    again 

    The 
    passengers 
    will 
    please 
    refrain 

    This 
    train's 
    got 
    the 

    disappearing 
    railroad 
    blues 

    Oh, 
    goodnight 
    Amer
    ica, 
    how 
    are 
    you? 

    Say, 
    don't 
    you 
    know 
    me? 

    I'm 
    your 
    latest 
    son 

    I'm 
    the 
    train 
    they 
    call 

    the 
    City 
    of 
    New 
    Or
    leans 

    I'll 
    be 
    gone 
    five 
    hundred 
    miles 

    when 
    the 
    day 
    is 
    done 


    You 


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