{t:City Of New Orleans} {st:Steve Goodman 1971} *{c:|ntro: / 1 2 3 4 / [G] / [G] /} [G]Riding on the [D]City of New [G]Orleans [G] [Em]Illinois Central [C]Monday morning [G]rail [G] [G]Fifteen cars and [D]fifteen restless [G]riders [G] Three con-[Em]ductors, and [D]twenty-five sacks of [G]mail [G] All a-[Em]long the south-bound odyssey, the [Bm]train pulls out of Kenkakee [D]Rolls along past houses, farms, and [A]fields [A] [Em]Passing trains that have no name [Bm]freight yards full of old black men And the [D]graveyards of the [D7]rusted automo-[G]biles [G] {c:CHORUS:} {soc} [C]Good morning A-[D]merica, how [G]are you? [G] Say [Em]don't you know me [C]I'm your native [G]son [D7] I'm the [G]train they call the [D]City of New [Em]Orleans [A7] I'll be [F]gone five [C]hundred [D]miles when the day is [G]done [G] {eoc} Dealing [G]card games with the [D]old men in the [G]club car [G] [Em]Penny a point ain't [C]no-one keeping [G]score [G] [G]Pass the paper [D]bag that holds the [G]bottle [G] [Em]Feel the wheels [D]rumbling 'neath the [G]floor [G] And the [Em]sons of Pullman porters, and the [Bm]sons of engineers [Bm] Ride their [D]father's magic carpets made of [A]steel [A] [Em]Mothers with their babes asleep [Bm]rocking to the gentle beat And the [D]rhythm of the [D7]rails is all they [G]feel [G] {c:CHORUS:} {soc} [C]Good morning A-[D]merica, how [G]are you? [G] Say [Em]don't you know me [C]I'm your native [G]son [D7] I'm the [G]train they call the [D]City of New [Em]Orleans [A7] I'll be [F]gone five [C]hundred [D]miles when the day is [G]done [G] {eoc} [G]Night time on the [D]City of New [G]Orleans [G] [Em]Changing cars in [C]Memphis Tennes-[G]see [G] [G]Half way home [D]we'll be there by [G]morning [G] Through the [Em]Mississippi darkness [D]rolling down to the [G]sea [G] But [Em]all the towns and people seem, to [Bm]fade into a bad dream And the [D]steel rail, still ain't heard the [A]news [A] The con-[Em]ductor sings his songs again, the [Bm]passengers will please refrain This [D]train got the disap-[D7]pearing railroad [G]blues [G] {c:CHORUS:} {soc} [C]Good night A-[D]merica, how [G]are you? [G] Say [Em]don't you know me [C]I'm your native [G]son [D7] I'm the [G]train they call the [D]City of New [Em]Orleans [A7] I'll be [F]gone five [C]hundred [D]miles when the day is [G]done [G] I'll be [F]gone five [C]hundred [D]miles when the day is [G]done [G]↓ {eoc} {t:City Of New Orleans} #~~~ChordPro Version UPDATED Sept 03, 2017 CEL~~~