City of New Orleans [C] Arlo Guthrie [Intro] [C] [C]Riding on the [G]City of New [C]Orleans [Am]Illinois Central [F]Monday morning [C]rail [C]Fifteen cars and [G]fifteen restless [C]riders [Am]Three conductors and [G]twenty-five sacks of [C]mail All a[Am]long the southbound odyssey… the [Em]train pulls out of Kankakee [G]Rolls along past houses farms and [D]fields [Am]Passing trains that have no name… [Em]freight yards of old black men And the [G]graveyards… of the [G7]rusted automo[C]biles[C7] [Chorus 1] [F]Good morning [G]America how [C]are you? Say [Am]don’t you know me [F]I’m your native [C]son (G – 1 strum) I’m the [C]train they call the [G]City of New [Am]Orleans [F] I’ll be [Bb]gone five [Am]hundred [G]miles when the day is [C]done Dealing [C]card games with the [G]old men in the [C]club car [Am]Penny a point ain’t [F]no one keeping [C]score [C]Pass the paper [G]bag that holds the [C]bottle [Am]Feel the wheels [G]rumbling ‘neath the [C]floor And the [Am]sons of Pullman porters… and the [Em]sons of engineers Ride their [G]father’s magic carpets made of [D]steel [Am]Mothers with their babes asleep [Em]rocking to the gentle beat And the [G]rhythm of the [G7]rails is all they [C]feel[C7] [Chorus 1] [C]Night time in the [G]City of New [C]Orleans [Am]Changing cars in [F]Memphis, Tenne[C]ssee [C]Half way home… [G]we’ll be there by [C]morning Through the [Am]Mississippi darkness [G]rolling down to the [C]sea But [Am]all the towns and people seem to [Em]fade into a bad dream And the [G]steel rail… still ain’t heard the [D]news The con[Am]ductor sings his songs again… the [Em]passengers will please refrain This [G]train’s got the disapp[G7]earing railroad [C]blues[C7] [Chorus 2] [F]Good night [G]America how [C]are you? Say [Am]don’t you know me [F]I’m your native [C]son (G – 1 strum)I’m the [C]train they call the [G]City of New [Am]Orleans [F] I’ll be [Bb]gone five [Am]hundred [G]miles when the day is [C]done [Chorus 2] I’ll be [Bb]gone five [Am]hundred [G]miles when the day is [C]done