City Of New Orleans chords

[INTRO]
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[VERSE 1]
[D]Riding on the [A]City of New [D]Orleans[D]
[Bm]Illinois Central,[G] Monday morning ra[D]il [D]
[D]Fifteen cars, [A]fifteen restless [D]riders[D]
[Bm]Three conductors and [A]tweny-five sacks of ma[D]il [D]

[VERSE 2]
All a[Bm]long the southbound [Bm]odyssey
The [F#m]train pulls out at [F#m]Kankakee
[A]Rolls along past ho[A]uses, farms an[E]d fields[E]
[Bm]Passin' trains that hav[Bm]e no names
[F#m]Freight yards full of old[F#m] black men
And the grave[A]yards of [A]rusted automob[D]iles[D]

[CHORUS]
[G]Good morning A[A]merica, how a[D]re you[D] ?
[Bm]Don't you know me,[G] I'm your native s[D]on
[A] I am the tra[D]in they call The [A]City of New O[Bm]rleans[A] [E]
I'll be g[C]one five [G]hundred m[A]iles when the day is [D]done

[INSTRUMENTAL]
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[VERSE 3]
Dealin' [D]card games with the [A]old men in the club[D] car[D]
[Bm]Penny a point ain't [G]no one keepin' sc[D]ore [D]
[D]Pass the paper b[A]ag that holds the b[D]ottle[D]
[Bm]Feel the wheels [A]rumblin' 'neath the fl[D]oor [D]

[VERSE 4]
And the [Bm]sons of Pullman Po[Bm]rters
And the so[F#m]ns of enginee[F#m]rs
Ride their [A]father's magic ca[A]rpet made of st[E]eel [E]
[Bm]Mothers with their b[Bm]abes asleep
Are [F#m]rockin' to the ge[F#m]ntle beat
And the [A]rhythm of the r[A]ail is all they fe[D]el [D]

[CHORUS]
[G]Good morning A[A]merica, how a[D]re you[D] ?
[Bm]Don't you know me,[G] I'm your native s[D]on
[A] I am the tra[D]in they call The [A]City of New O[Bm]rleans[A] [E]
I'll be g[C]one five [G]hundred m[A]iles when the day is [D]done[D]

[INSTRUMENTAL]
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[VERSE 5]
[D]Nighttime on the [A]city of New [D]Orleans[D]
Ch[Bm]anging cars in [G]Memphis, Tennesse[D]e [D]
[D]Half way home,[A] we'll be there by mo[D]rning[D]
Through the [Bm]Mississippi darkness
[A]Rolling down to the se[D]a [D]

[VERSE 6]
[Bm]All the towns and p[Bm]eople seem
To [F#m]fade into a ba[F#m]d dream
And the s[A]teel rails sti[A]ll ain't heard the ne[E]ws [E]
The condu[Bm]ctor sings his [Bm]song again
The [F#m]passengers will [F#m]please refrain
This [A]train has got the disa[A]ppearing railroad [D]blues[D]

[CHORUS]
[G]Good morning A[A]merica, how a[D]re you[D] ?
[Bm]Don't you know me,[G] I'm your native s[D]on
[A] I am the tra[D]in they call The [A]City of New O[Bm]___[A]rle[E]ans
I'll be g[C]one five [Bm]hundred m[A]iles when the day is [D]done[D]

[CHORUS]
[G]Good morning A[A]merica, how a[D]re you[D] ?
[Bm]Don't you know me,[G] I'm your native s[D]on
[A] I am the tra[D]in they call The [A]City of New O[Bm]___[A]rle[E]ans
I'll be g[C]one five [Bm]hundred m[A]iles when the day is [D]done[D]

[OUTRO]
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