The City Of New Orleans
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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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Feel the wheels rumbling 'neath the floor | Feel the wheels rumbling 'neath the floor | ||
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| - | And the sons of Pullman porters | + | And the sons of Pullman porters |
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| + | And the sons of engineers | ||
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Ride their father's magic carpets made of steel | Ride their father's magic carpets made of steel | ||
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| - | Mothers with her babes asleep | + | Mothers with her babes asleep |
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| + | Rocking to the gentle beat | ||
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And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel | And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel | ||
Revision as of 21:45, 18 September 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 F
Dealing card games with the old men 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 G
Ride their father's magic carpets made of steel
Dm
Mothers with her babes asleep
Am
Rocking to the gentle beat
C Bb F
And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel
CHORUS
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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
F
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 F
This train´s got the disappearing 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 C Dm
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
Eb Dm C F
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done
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