The City Of New Orleans
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Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders | Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders | ||
Dm C F | Dm C F | ||
- | Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail | + | Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail |
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All along the south bound odyssey | All along the south bound odyssey | ||
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Say, don't you know me, I'm your native son | Say, don't you know me, I'm your native son | ||
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- | I'm the train they call | + | I'm the train they call |
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- | I'll be gone five hundred miles | + | The City of New Orleans |
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+ | I'll be gone five hundred miles | ||
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+ | When the day is done | ||
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- | Dealing card games with the old men | + | Dealing card games with the old men |
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+ | In the club car | ||
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Penny a point ain't no one keeping score | Penny a point ain't no one keeping score | ||
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Feel the wheels rumbling 'neath the floor | Feel the wheels rumbling 'neath the floor | ||
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- | Ride their father's magic carpets | + | Dm |
- | Dm | + | And the sons of Pullman porters |
- | Mothers with her babes asleep | + | Am |
- | C Bb | + | And the sons of engineers |
- | And the rhythm of the rails | + | C |
+ | Ride their father's magic carpets | ||
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+ | Made of steel | ||
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+ | Mothers with her babes asleep | ||
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+ | Rocking to the gentle beat | ||
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+ | And the rhythm of the rails | ||
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+ | Is all they feel | ||
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Half way home we'll be there by morning | Half way home we'll be there by morning | ||
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- | Through the Mississippi darkness | + | Through the Mississippi darkness |
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- | But all the towns and people seem | + | Rolling down to the sea |
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+ | But all the towns and people seem | ||
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+ | To fade into a bad dream | ||
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And the steel rail still ain't heard the news | And the steel rail still ain't heard the news | ||
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- | The conductor sings his songs again | + | The conductor sings his songs again |
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- | This train´s got the disappearing | + | The passengers will please refrain |
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+ | This train´s got the disappearing | ||
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+ | Railroad blues | ||
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Say, don't you know me, I'm your native son | Say, don't you know me, I'm your native son | ||
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- | I'm the train they call | + | I'm the train they call |
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- | I'll be gone five hundred miles | + | The City of New Orleans |
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+ | I'll be gone five hundred miles | ||
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+ | When the day is done | ||
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[[Category:Arlo Guthrie]] | [[Category:Arlo Guthrie]] |
Current revision as of 19:23, 2 October 2010
The City Of New Orleans Arlo Guthrie CAPO I F F C F Riding on the City of New Orleans Dm Bb F Illinois Central Monday morning rail F C F Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders Dm C F Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail Dm All along the south bound odyssey Am The train pulls out of Kankakee C G Rolls along past houses farms and fields Dm Passing trains that have no name Am Freight yards full of old black men C Bb F And the graveyards of the rusted automobiles CHORUS Bb C F Good morning America, how are you? Dm Bb F Say, don't you know me, I'm your native son C F I'm the train they call C Dm The City of New Orleans Eb Dm C I'll be gone five hundred miles F When the day is done F C Dealing card games with the old men F In the club car Dm Bb F Penny a point ain't no one keeping score F C F Pass the paper bag but holds the bottle Dm C F Feel the wheels rumbling 'neath the floor |
Dm And the sons of Pullman porters Am And the sons of engineers C Ride their father's magic carpets G Made of steel Dm Mothers with her babes asleep Am Rocking to the gentle beat C Bb And the rhythm of the rails F Is all they feel CHORUS F C F Night time on the City of New Orleans Dm Bb F Changing cars in Memphis, Tennessee F C F Half way home we'll be there by morning Dm Through the Mississippi darkness C F Rolling down to the sea Dm But all the towns and people seem Am To fade into a bad dream C G And the steel rail still ain't heard the news Dm The conductor sings his songs again Am The passengers will please refrain C Bb This train´s got the disappearing F Railroad blues Bb C F Good night America, how are you? Dm Bb F Say, don't you know me, I'm your native son C F I'm the train they call C Dm The City of New Orleans Eb Dm C I'll be gone five hundred miles F When the day is done |