City Of New Orleans

Arlo Guthrie

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INTRO (capo1)
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VERSE 1
[F]..Riding on the [|][C]City of New Or[|][F]leans. [|][F][|]
[Dm]Illinois Central, [|][Bb]Monday morning [|][F]rail. [|][F][|]
[F]15 cars and [|][C]15 restless [|][F]riders. [|][F][|]
[Dm]Three conductors and [|][C]25 sacks of [|][F]mail. [|]

[F]..All a[|][Dm]long the southbound [|][Dm]odyssey. 
The [|][Am]train pulls out at [|][Am]Kankakee. [|][C]Rolls 
along past [|][C]houses, farms and [|][G]fields. [|][G][|]

[Dm]Passing trains that [|][Dm]have no names. [|][Am]Freight 
yards full of [|][Am]old black men. And the [|]
[C]graveyards of the [|][C]rusted automo[|][F]biles [|][F][|]

CHORUS
[Bb]Good morning, [|][C]America, how [|][F]are you? [|]
[F]..Say, [|][Dm]don't you know me? [|][Bb]I'm your 
native [|][F]son. [|][F][\][C][\]I'm [pause2]the [|][F]train they 
call the [|][C]City of New Or[|][Dm]leans. [|][G]..I'll be [|]
[Eb]gone [Bb]500 [|][C]miles when the day is [|][F]done [|][F][|][F][|]

VERSE 2
[F]..Dealin' [|][C]card games with the [|][F]old men in 
the [|][F]club car. [|][F][|][Dm]Penny a point ain't [|][Bb]no 
one keepin' [|][F]score. [|][F][|][F]Pass the paper [|]
[C]bag that holds the [|][F]bottle [|][F][|][Dm]Feel the 
wheels [|][C]rumblin' 'neath the [|][F]floor [|]

[F]..And the [|][Dm]sons of Pullman [|][Dm]porters. 
And the [|][Am]sons of engin[|][Am]eers. Ride their [|]
[C]father's magic [|][C]carpets made of [|][G]steel [|][G][|]

[Dm]Mothers with their [|][Dm]babes asleep. 
Are [|][Am]rockin' to the [|][Am]gentle beat. And the [|]
[C]rhythm of the [|][C]rails is all they [|][F]feel [|][F][|]

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VERSE 3
[F][|][F]Nighttime on the [|][C]City of New Or[|][F]leans. [|][F][|]
[Dm]Changing cars in [|][Bb]Memphis, Tennes[|][F]see. [|][F][|]
[F]Halfway home and [|][C]we'll be there by [|]
[F]morning. [|][F][|]Through the [|][Dm]Mississippi, 
darkness [|][C]rolling down to the [|][F]sea [|]

[F]...But [|][Dm]all the towns and [|][Dm]people seem
To [|][Am]fade into a [|][Am]bad dream. And the [|]
[C]steel rail [|][C]still ain't heard the [|][G]news [|]

[G]..The [|][Dm]conductor sings his [|][Dm]songs again. The [|]
[Am]passengers will [|][Am]please refrain. This [|][C]train got 
the disa[|][C]ppearing railroad blues [|][F][|][F][|]

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