City Of New Orleans(Key G# Capo 1st Fret) Intro 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 G 2 3 4 G 2 3 4 G 2 3 4 G 2 3 4 G D G Ridin on the City of New Orleans, Em C G Illinois Central, Monday mornin rail G D G There's fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders, Em D G Three con-ductors and twenty five sacks of mail Em Bm All a-long the south bound odyssey, the train pulls in from Kankikee D A Rolls along past houses, farms and fields Em Passin towns that have no names Bm And freight yards full of old black men D D7 G And the graveyards of the rusted auto-mob-iles Chorus C D G Good mornin Am-erica, how are you Em C G I said don't you know me, I’m your native son D G D Em I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans Bb C D D7 G I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 G D G Dealin cards with the old men in the club car, Em C G A penny a point, there ain't no one keepin score G D G Pass the paper bag that holds the bottle, Em D G I can feel the wheels a-grumblin neath the floor Em And the sons of Pullman porters Bm And the sons of engineers D A Ride their fathers magic carpet made of steel Em And the mothers with their babes asleep Bm Go rockin to the gentle beat D D7 G And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel Chorus C D G Good mornin Am-erica, how are you Em C I said don't you know me, I’m your native son D G D Em I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans Bb C D D7 G I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 G D G Night time on the City of New Orleans Em C G We're changin cars for Memphis, Tenness-ee G D G We're halfway home and we'll be there by mornin Em D G Through the Mississippi darkness rollin down to the sea Em And all the towns and people seem Bm To fade into a bad dream D A And the steel rail still ain't heard the news Em The conductor sings his songs again, Bm The passengers will please refrain D D7 G This train's got the disapp-earin railroad blues Chorus(twice) C D G Good Night Am-erica, how are you Em C G I said don't you know me, I’m your native son D G D Em I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans Bb C D D7 G I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done C D G Good Night Am-erica, how are you Em C G I said don't you know me, I’m your native son D G D Em I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans Bb C D D7 G I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done 2 3 4 1 2 3 Bb C D D7 G I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1