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[Verse 1]
D             A           D      D
Riding on the City of New Orleans
Bm               G                 D   D
Illinois Central, Monday morning rail
D             A                D     D
Fifteen cars, fifteen restless riders
Bm                   A                     D   D
Three conductors and tweny-five sacks of mail

[Verse 2]
     Bm                  Bm
All along the southbound odyssey
    F#m                F#m
The train pulls out at Kankakee
A                  A             E       E
Rolls along past houses, farms and fields
Bm                     Bm
Passin' trains that have no names
F#m                      F#m
Freight yards full of old black men
             A        A             D   D
And the graveyards of rusted automobiles

[Chorus]
G             A            D     D
Good morning America, how are you?
Bm                G                 D
Don't you know me, I'm your native son
A            D                A            Bm    A E
 I am the train they call The City of New Orleans
         C        G        A                    D
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
        D                   A                  D   D
Dealin' card games with the old men in the club car
Bm                  G                D   D
Penny a point ain't no one keepin' score
D               A                  D    D
Pass the paper bag that holds the bottle
Bm              A                     D   D
Feel the wheels rumblin' 'neath the floor

[Verse 4]
        Bm                Bm
And the sons of Pullman Porters
          F#m          F#m
And the sons of engineers
           A                A              E   E
Ride their father's magic carpet made of steel
Bm                  Bm
Mothers with their babes asleep
    F#m              F#m
Are rockin' to the gentle beat
        A              A                 D   D
And the rhythm of the rail is all they feel

[Chorus]
G             A            D     D
Good morning America, how are you?
Bm                G                 D
Don't you know me, I'm your native son
A            D                A            Bm    A E
 I am the train they call The City of New Orleans
         C        G        A                    D   D
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 5]
D                A           D      D
Nighttime on the city of New Orleans
  Bm             G                D   D
Changing cars in Memphis, Tennessee
D             A                    D    D
Half way home, we'll be there by morning
            Bm
Through the Mississippi darkness
A                     D   D
Rolling down to the sea

[Verse 6]
Bm                 Bm
All the towns and people seem
   F#m           F#m
To fade into a bad dream
         A             A                    E   E
And the steel rails still ain't heard the news
         Bm             Bm
The conductor sings his song again
    F#m             F#m
The passengers will please refrain
     A                     A                 D    D
This train has got the disappearing railroad blues

[Chorus]
G             A            D     D
Good morning America, how are you?
Bm                G                 D
Don't you know me, I'm your native son
A            D                A            Bm A  E
 I am the train they call The City of New O___rleans
         C        Bm       A                    D   D
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done

[Chorus]
G             A            D     D
Good morning America, how are you?
Bm                G                 D
Don't you know me, I'm your native son
A            D                A            Bm A  E
 I am the train they call The City of New O___rleans
         C        Bm       A                    D   D
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done

[Outro]
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