City Of New Orleans Chords & Lyrics - Judy Collins

CAPO: 4th Fret

[INTRO]
[G]

[VERSE 1]
[G]Riding on the [D]City of New [G]Orleans
[Em]Illinois Central [C]Monday morning [G]rail
Fifteen cars and [D]fifteen restless [G]riders
Three con[Em]ductors and [D]twenty-five sacks of [G]mail
[Em]On the south bound odyssey, the [Bm]train pulls out of Kenkakee
[D]Rolls along past houses farms and [A]fields
[Em]Passing trains that have no name,[Bm] freight yards of old black men
And the [D]graveyards of the [C]rusted automo[G]biles

[CHORUS]
[C]Good morning A[D]merica, how [G]are you?
Say, [Em]don't you know me, [C]I'm your native [G]son [D]
I'm the [G]train they call the [D]City of New [Em]Orleans
I'll be [F]gone five [C]hundred [D]miles when the day is [G]done

[VERSE 2]
Playing cards with the [D]old men in the [G]club car
[Em]Penny a point, ain't [C]no one keeping [G]score
Pass the paper [D]bag, but hold the [G]bottle
And [Em]feel the wheels [D]rumbling beneath the [G]floor
And the [Em]sons of Pullman porters, and the [Bm]sons of engineers
Ride their [D]father's magic carpets made of [A]steel
[Em]Mother with their babes asleep, [Bm]rocking to the gentle beat
The [D]rhythm of the [C]rails is all they [G]feel

[CHORUS]
[C]Good morning A[D]merica, how [G]are you?
Say, [Em]don't you know me, [C]I'm your native [G]son [D]
I'm the [G]train they call the [D]City of New [Em]Orleans
I'll be [F]gone five [C]hundred [D]miles when the day is [G]done

[VERSE 3]
Night time on the [D]City of New [G]Orleans
[Em]Changing cars in [C]Memphis, Tennes[G]see
Half way home and [D]we'll be there by [G]morning
Through the [Em]Mississippi darkness [D]rolling down to the [G]sea
And [Em]all the towns and people seem to [Bm]fade into a bad dream
The [D]steel rail still ain't heard the [A]news
The con[Em]ductor sings his songs again, the [Bm]passengers will please refrain
[D]This train got the [C]disappearing railroad [G]blues

[CHORUS]
[C]Good night A[D]merica, how [G]are you?
Say, [Em]don't you know me, [C]I'm your native [G]son [D]
I'm the [G]train they call the [D]City of New [Em]Orleans
I'll be [F]gone five [C]hundred [D]miles when the day is [G]done
I'll be [F]gone a [C]million [D]miles when the race is [G]run
I'll be [F]gon[C]e__[G]___