(:groupheader:)(:Summary:{$:By} {$:Written}:)(:Done:yes:) (:By:Steve Goodman:) (:Ref:Wikipedia:City_of_New_Orleans_(song):) (:Performed:Arlo Guthrie:) ||: {capo:2} [C]Riding on the [G]City of New [C]Orleans [Am]Illinois central, [F]Monday morning [C]rail[G7] [C]Fifteen cars and [G]15 restless [C]riders Three con[Am]ductors and [G7]25 sacks of [C]mail <:vspace> All [Am]along the southbound odyssey, [Em]the train pulls out of Kankakee And [G]rolls along past houses, farms, and [D]fields [Am]Passing towns that have no name, and [Em]freight yards full of old black men And the [G]graveyards of [G7]the rusted automo[C]biles[C7] <:vspace> {ci:Chorus} {soc} [F]Good morning [G]America how [C]are you Say [Am]don't you know me, [F]I'm your native [C]son[G7] I'm the [C]train they call the [G]City of New [Am]Orleans[D] I'll be [Bb]gone five [F]hundred [G]miles when the [G7]day is [C]done {eoc} <:vspace> [C]Dealing cards with the [G]old men in the [C]clubcar [Am]Penny a point ain't no [F]one keeping [C]score[G7] [C]Pass the paper [G]bag that holds the [C]bottle [Am]And feel the wheels [G7]rumbling neath the [C]floor <:vspace> And the [Am]sons of pullman porters, and the [Em]sons of engineers Ride their [G]fathers magic carpet made of [D]steel [Am]Mothers with their babes a sleep, [Em]a rocking to the gentle beat And the [G]rhythm of the [G7]rails is all they [C]feel[C7] <:vspace> {c:Chorus} <:vspace> [C]Nighttime on the [G]City of New [C]Orleans [Am]Changing cars in [F]Memphis [C]Tennesse[G7] [C]Halfway home and [G]we'll be there by [C]morning [Am]Through the Mississippi darkness [G7]rolling down to the [C]sea <:vspace> [Am]And all the towns and people seem, [Em]to fade into a bad dream [G]And the steel rail still ain't heard the [D]news [Am]The conducter sings his song again, [Em]the passengers will please refrain [G]This train's got the [G7]disappearing railroad [C]blues[C7] <:vspace> {soc} [F]Good night [G]America how are [C]you Say [Am]don't you know me, [F]I'm your native [C]son[G7] I'm the [C]train they call the [G]City of New [Am]Orleans I'll be [Bb]gone five [F]hundred [G]miles when the [G7]day is [C]done {eoc} :||(:groupfooter:) <:block>