The City of New Orleans G D G Riding on the City of New Orleans Em C G D Illinois Central, Monday morning rail G D G Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders Em D G Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail. Em Bm All along the south bound odyssey, the train pulls out of Kankakee D A Rolls along past houses, farms and fields Em Bm Passing trains that have no name, freight yards full of old black men D D7 G And the graveyards of the rusted automobiles. [Chorus] C D G Good morning America, how are you? Em C G Say, don't you know me, I'm your native son. D7 G D Em A7 I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans F C D G I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done. [Verse 2] G D G Dealing card games with the old men in the club car Em C G D Penny a point, ain't no one keeping score G D G Pass the paper bag that holds the bottle Em D G Feel the wheels rumblin' 'neath the floor Em Bm And the sons of Pullman porters and the sons of engineers D A Ride their fathers' magic carpets made of steel Em Bm Mothers with their babes asleep, rockin' to the gentle beat D D7 G And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel. [Chorus] C D G Good morning America, how are you? Em C G Say, don't you know me, I'm your native son. D7 G D Em A7 I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans F C D G I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done. [Verse 3] G D G Night time on the City of New Orleans Em C G D Changing cars in Memphis, Tennessee G D G Halfway home, we'll be there by morning Em D G through the Mississippi darkness rolling down to the sea. Em Bm But all the towns and people seem to fade into a bad dream D A And the steel rail still ain't heard the news Em Bm The conductor sings his songs again, the passengers will please refrain D D7 G This train got the disappearing railroad blues. [Chorus] C D G Good night America, how are you? Em C G Say, don't you know me, I'm your native son. D7 G D Em A7 I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans F C D G I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.