Steve Goodman - City of new orleans

^CRiding on the ^GCity of New^C Orleans, ^AmIllinois Central, ^FMonday morning ^Crail Fifteen cars and^G fifteen restless^C riders, three con^Am-ductors and ^G7twenty-five sacks of ^Cmail. All a-^Amlong the southbound odyssey, the ^Emtrain pulls out at Kankakee And ^Grolls along past houses, farms and ^Dfields. ^AmPassin' trains that have no names, ^EmFreight yards full of old black men, and the ^Ggraveyards of the^G7 rusted automo^C-biles^C7

^FGood morning A-^G7merica, how ^Care you? Say, ^Amdon't you know me, ^FI'm your native ^Cson ^G7I'm the ^Ctrain they call The ^GCity of New ^AmOrleans^{Am7 D7} I'll be ^Bbgone five ^Fhundred ^G7miles when the day is ^Cdone

^CDealin' card games with the ^Gold men in the ^Cclub car, at ^Ampenny a point, ain't ^Fno one keeping ^Cscore. Pass the paper ^Cbag that holds the ^Cbottle, ^Amfeel the wheels ^G7rumblin' 'neath the ^Cfloor. The^Am sons of pullman porters, and the ^Emsons of engineers, ride their ^Gdaddies' magic carpets made of ^Dsteel. ^AmMothers with their babes asleep, are ^Emrockin' to the gentle beat, and the ^Grhythm of the rails is all they ^Cfeel.

^FGood morning A-^G7merica, how ^Care you? Say, ^Amdon't you know me, ^FI'm your native ^Cson ^G7I'm the ^Ctrain they call The ^GCity of New ^AmOrleans^{Am7 D7} I'll be ^Bbgone five ^Fhundred ^G7miles when the day is ^Cdone

^CNighttime on The ^GCity of New ^COrleans, ^Amchanging cars in ^FMemphis, Tennes-^Csee. Half way home, and ^Gwe'll be there by ^Cmorning. Through the ^AmMississippi darkness ^G7rolling down to the ^Csea. But ^Amall the towns and people seem to ^Emfade into a bad dream, and the ^Gsteel rail still ain't heard the ^Dnews. The con-^Amductor sings that song again, the ^Empassengers will please refrain This ^Gtrain got the disap-^G7pearing railroad ^Cblues^C7

^FGood night A-^G7merica, how ^Care you? ^AmDon't you know me, ^FI'm your native ^Cson ^G7I'm the ^Ctrain they call The ^GCity of New ^AmOrleans^{Am7 D7} I'll be ^Bbgone five ^Fhundred ^G7miles when the day is ^Cdone

I'll be ^Bbgone... ^Fa long, ^G7long time... when the ^Cday... is done.