Intro
Verse 1
Ridin' on the City of New Orleans
Bm G DIllinois Central, Monday mornin' rail
D A DFifteen cars and fifteen restless riders
Three conducters and twenty-five sacks of mail
Pre chorus 1:
Bm
All along the south bound oddessy
F#The train pulls out at Kankenney
And rolls along pass houses, farms, and fields
Passing trains that have no name
F#And train yards full of old black men
A DAnd the graveyards of the rusted automobiles
Chorus
Good mornin' America how are ya
Bm G DSay don't you know me? I'm your native son
A D A BmI'm the train they call The City of New Orleans
And I'll be gone five hundred miles before the day is done
Verse 2:
Playin' cards with the old men in the club car
Penny a point ain't no one keepin' score
Pass the paper bag that hold the bottle
And feel the wheels rumblin' 'neath the floor
Pre-chorus 2:
And the sons of pullman porters
And the sons of engineers
Ride thier fathers magic carpets made of steel
Mothers with thier babes asleep
Rockin' to the gentle beat
And the rythm of the wheels is all they hear
Chorus
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Verse 3:
Night time on The City of New Orleans
Changin' cars in Memphis Tennesse
Halfway home we'll be there be mornin'
Through the Mississippi darkness rollin' down to the sea
Pre-chorus 3:
But all the towns and peole seem
To fade into a bad dream
And the steal rails still ain't heard the news
The conducter sings his song again
Passengers will please refrain
This train has got the dissapperin' railroad blues
Chorus
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