{title:City of New Orleans}
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 [C]Ridin' on the [G]City of New Orlea[C]ns
 [Am]Illinois Central [F]Monday mornin'[C] rail
 [C]15 cars, [G]and 15 restless [C]riders
 [Am]3 conductors and[G] 25 sacks of ma[C]il
 
 [Am]All along a southbound oddyssey, [Em]and the train pulls out of Kankakee
 [G]And rolls along past the houses, farms and [D]fields
 [Am]Passin' trains that have no name,
 [Em]and freightyards full of old black men
 [G]graveyards of t[G7]he rusted automobil[C]es
 
 Chorus
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 [F]Good mornin' A[G]merica, how are y[C]ou?
 Say [Am]don't you know me?,[F] I'm your native [G]son
 I'm the [C]train they call the [G]City of New [Am]Orleans[D]
 I'll be [F]gone 500 [G]miles when the day is [C]done. ////
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 [C]Dealin card games w[G]ith the old men in the club [C]car.
 [Am]Penny a point, a[F]int no one keepin' sc[C]ore
 Pass the paper b[G]ag that holds the bot[C]tle.
 [Am]Feel the wheels [G]rumblin' neath the [C]floor.
 
 [Am]And the sons of Pullman Porters, and the [Em]sons of engineers
 [G]Ride their father's magic carpet made of [D]steel
 [Am]Mothers with their babes asleep [Em]rockin to the gentle beat
 And the [G]rhythm of the [G7]rails is all they [C]feel.
 
 Chorus
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 [F]Good mornin' A[G]merica, how are y[C]ou?
 Sayin' [Am]don't you know me?,[F] I'm your native [G]son
 I'm the [C]train they call the [G]City of New [Am]Orleans[D]
 I'll be [F]gone 500 [G]miles when the day is [C]done. ////
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 [C]Nighttime on the [G]City of New [C]Orleans.
 [Am]Changin? cars in [F]Memphis, Tenne[C]ssee
 Half way home, [G]we'll be there by [C]mornin'
 Through the [Am]Mississippi darkness [G]rollin down to the [C]sea.
 
 But all [Am]the towns and people seem to [Em]fade into a bad dream
 And the [G]steel rails still ain't heard the [D]news
 The cond[Am]uctor sings his songs again the [Em]passengers will please refrain
 This [G]trains got the disa[G7]ppearin railroad [C]blues
 
 Chorus
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 [F]Good mornin' A[G]merica, how are y[C]ou?
 Sayin' [Am]don't you know me?,[F] I'm your native [G]son
 I'm the [C]train they call the [G]City of New [Am]Orleans[D]
 I'll be [F]gone 500 [G]miles when the day is [C]done. ////
{eoc}