D A7 D Ridin' on the City of New Orleans Bm G D A7 Illinois Central, Monday mornin' rail D A7 Bm 15 cars 15 restless riders D A7 D "Three conductors, 25 sacks of mail Bm All along the southbound odyssey the F#m train pulls out of Kankakee A E Rollin’ past houses, farms fields Bm Passin' towns that have no names, F#m freight yards full of old grey men A7 D And the graveyards of rusted automobiles

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G Singin’ Good mornin' A7 D America, how are you? Bm Sayin’ Don't you know me? G D A7 I'm your native son! D I'm the train they call the A7 Bm City of New Orleans C! G! A7! D I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done

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D Dealin’ cards with the A7 D old men in the club car Bm Penny a point, ain’t G D A7 no one keepin’ score D Pass the paper A7 Bm bag that holds the bottle D And feel the wheels A7 D rumblin' through the floor

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Bm And the sons of Pullman porters, F#m the sons of engineers A Ride their fathers’ magic carpets made of E steel Bm Mothers with their babes asleep, F#m rockin’ to the gentle beat, A7 And the rhythm of the rails is all they D dream.

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G Singin’ Good mornin' A7 D America, how are you? Bm Sayin’ Don't you know me? G D A7 I'm your native son! D I'm the train they call the A7 Bm City of New Orleans C! G! A7! D I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done

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D Night time on the A7 D City of New Orleans Bm Changin’ cars in G D A7 Memphis, Tennessee D A7 Bm Halfway home, we'll be there by mornin’ D Thru the Mississippi darkness A7 D rollin’ down to the sea

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Bm But all the towns and people seem to F#m fade into a bad dream A And the steel rail still ain’t heard the E news Bm The conductor sings his song again “The F#m passengers will please refrain: A7 This train got the disappearin’ railroad D blues.”

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G Singin’ Good mornin' A7 D America, how are you? Bm Sayin’ Don't you know me? G D A7 I'm your native son! D I'm the train they call the A7 Bm City of New Orleans C! G! A7! D I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done.