City of New Orleans

C

Riding

on the

G

city

of New

C

Orleans

Am

Illinois

Central

F

Monday

morning

C

rail

G

There are

C

fifteen

cars and

G

fifteen

restless

C

riders

Am

Three

conductors and

G

twenty-five

sacks of

C

mail

There all

Am

out

on this southbound odyssey

And the

Em

train

pulls out of Kankakee

G

Rolls

past the houses, farms and

D

fields

Am

Passin'

towns that have no names

And

Em

freight

yards full of old black men

And the

G

graveyards

of

G7

rusted

automo-

C

biles

C7

Singin'

F

"good

morning America, how

C

are

ya?"

Sayin'

Am

"don't

ya know me?

F

I'm

your native

C

son

G

"

Yes, I'm the

C

train

they call the

G

City

of New

C

Orleans

And I'll be

Bb

gone

F

500

G

miles

when

G7

day

is

C

done

And I was

C

dealing

cards with the

G

old

men in the

C

club

car

And it's

Am

penny

a point, there ain't

F

no

one keeping

C

score

G

Won't ya

C

pass

that paper

G

bag

that holds that

C

bottle

You can

Am

feel

the wheels

G

grumbling

through the

C

floor

And the

Am

sons

of Pullman porters; the

Em

sons

of engineers

They ride their

G

father's

magic carpet made of

D

steel

And

Am

mothers

with the babes asleep

Go

Em

rockin'

to the gentle beat

And the

G

rhythm

of the

G7

rails

is all they

C

dream

C7

Singin'

F

"good

morning America, how

C

are

ya?"

Sayin'

Am

"don't

ya know me?

F

I'm

your native

C

son

G

"

Yes, I'm the

C

train

they call the

G

City

of New

C

Orleans

And I'll be

Bb

gone

F

500

G

miles

when

G7

day

is

C

done

C

Nighttime

on the

G

City

of New

C

Orleans

Am

Changing

cars in

F

Memphis,

Tennes-

C

see

G

It's

C

halfway

home and

G

we'll

be there by

C

morning

Through the

Am

Mississippi

darkness

G

rolling

to the

C

sea

And

Am

all

the towns and people

They seem to

Em

fade

into a bad dream

The

G

old

steel rails, it ain't heard the

D

news

The con-

Am

ductor

sings that song again

Its

Em

passengers

will please refrain

This

G

train's

got the

G7

disappearing

railroad

C

blues

C7

Just a-singin'

F

"good

night America, how

C

are

ya?"

Sayin'

Am

"don't

ya know me?

F

I'm

your native

C

son

G

"

And, I'm the

C

train

they call the

G

City

of New

C

Orleans

And I'll be

Bb

gone

F

500

G

miles

when

G7

day

is

C

done

Just a-singin'

F

"good

night America, how

C

are

ya?"

Sayin'

Am

"don't

ya know me?

F

I'm

your native

C

son

G

"

And, I'm the

C

train

they call the

G

City

of New

C

Orleans

And I'll be

Bb?

gone

a

F

long,

long

G

time

when the day is

Bb

do-

F

o-

C

ne