WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Steve Goodman - City Of New Orleans Chords | Ver. 1
Verse I
C G C
Ridin' on the City of New Orlins
Am F C G
Illinois Central, Monday morning rail
G G7 C G C
There are fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders
Am G C
Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail
[Bridge]
Am
They're all out on the south-bound odyssey
Am Em
And the train pulls out at Kankakee
G Dm
Rolls past the houses, farms and fields
Am
Passing towns that have no name
Em
And freight yards full of old black men
G G7 C C7
And the graveyards of rusted automobiles
]Chorus]
C7 F F C
Singing, Good morning America, How are ya
C Am F C
Saying, don't you know me, I'm your native son
G G7 C G C
Yes I'm the train they call the City of New Orlins
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And I'll be gone five hundred miles when day is done
Verse II
G C G G7 C
And I was dealin' card with the old men in the club car
Am F C G
And it's penny a point, There ain't no one keeping score
G G7 C G G7 C
Oh won't you pass that paper bag thet holds that bottle
C Am G C
You can feel the wheels grumblin' through the floor
[Bridge]
Am
And the sons of pullman porters
Em
The sons of engineers
G Dm
And they ride the fathers' magic carpet, Made of steam
Am
And mothers with their babes asleep
Em
Go rockin' to the gentle beat
G G7 C
The rhythm of the rails is all they dream
[Chorus]
C7 F F C
Just a singin' Good morning America, how are ya
C Am F C
Saying, don't you know me, I'm your native son
G G7 C G C
And I'm the train they call the City of New Orlins
C Am F G Em C Em C
I'll be gone five hundred miles when day is done
[Transition]
Am F G Em C Em C G
Verse III
C G C
Nighttime on the City of New Orlins
Am F C G
Changing cars in Memphis, Tennessee
G C G C
It's Half way home, We'll be there by morning
C Am G C
Through the Mississippi darkness, rollin' to the sea
[Bridge]
Am
And all the towns and people
Em
They seem to fade into a bad dream
G Dm
The old steel rail, It ain't heard the news
Am
The conductor sings, His song began
Em
It's passengers will please refrain
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But this train's got the disappearin' railroad blues
[Chorus]
C7 F F C
Just a singin' Good night America, how are ya
C Am F C G
Sayin', don't you know me, I'm your native son
G G7 C G C
And I'm the train they call the City of New Orlins
C Am F G Em C
I'll be gone five hundred miles when day is done
C7 F F C
Just a singin' Good night America, how are ya
C Am F C G
Sayin', don't you know me, I'm your native son
G G7 C G C
Well I'm the train they call the City of New Orlins
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And I'll be gone long,long time when day is done
[Outro}
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