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Mar 1, 2022
City Of New Orleans by Steve Goodman
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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Tabbed by: Mike Nachaj :: mike@mikemusicbox.com [intro:] {walk up bass line G A B C} [verse: 1] C G C Riding on the City of New Orleans Am F C G7 Illinois Central, Monday morning rail C G C There are fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders Am G C C7 Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail [bridge: 1] Am They are all along the southbound odyssey Em The train pulls out at Kankakee G D And rolls along past houses, farms and fields Am Passing towns that have no name Em And freight yards full of old black men G G7 C And the graveyards of the rusted automobiles [chorus: 1] F C Singing good morning America, how are ya Am F C G7 Say, don't you know me, I'm your native son C G C I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans | / / / | | Am F G |C C I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done [verse: 2] C G C I was dealing card with the old men in the club car Am F C G7 And it's a penny a point, there ain't no one keeping score C G C Won't you pass that paper bag that holds that bottle Am G C C7 You can feel the wheels grumbling through the floor [bridge: 2] Am And the sons of pullman porters Em The sons of engineers G D They ride their fathers' magic carpets made of steam Am And mothers with their babes asleep Em Go rocking to the gentle beat G G7 C C7 The rhythm of the rails is all they dream [chorus: 2] F C Just a singing, good morning America, how are you Am F C G7 Say, don't you know me, I'm your native son C G C I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans | / / / | | Am F G |C C I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done | / / / | | Am F G |C C [verse: 3] C G C Nighttime on the City of New Orleans Am F C G7 Changing cars in Memphis, Tennessee C G C Half way home, we'll be there by morning C Am G C C7 Through the Mississippi darkness rolling to the sea [bridge: 3] Am But all the towns and people Em Seem to fade into a bad dream G Dm The old steel rail it ain't heard the news Am The conductor sings his songs again Em The passengers will please refrain G G7 C C7 This train got the disappearing railroad blues [chorus: 3] F C Just a singing, good night America, how are you Am F C G7 Say, don't you know me, I'm your native son C G C I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans | / / / | | Am F G |C C7 I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done [coda: chorus] F C Just a singing, good night America, how are you Am F C G7 Say, don't you know me, I'm your native son C G C Well I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans | / / / | |Am F G |Cm G7 C C {finish} And I'll be gone a long long time when the day is done chords: Am 002210 C 032010 C7 032310 Em 022000 F 133211 G 320003 G7 320001