City Of New Orleans Chords by Jerry Reed

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I'll _ _ [C] _ blow a thing, boy.
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Yeah.
[A#] _ _ [E] _ _ Well, [A] I'm riding on [E] the city of [A] New Orleans, _ [F#m] Illinois Central, Monday [A] morning rain, [E] _ _ [A]
15
[E] cars, 15 [A] restless riders, _ three conductors, [E] and 25 [A] sacks of mail.
_ [F#m] All along the southbound Odyssey, [C#m] the train moves loud, can't get [E] killed, and rolls along
past houses, [B] farms, and fields.
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Passing cars that have no name, [C#m] graveyards full of old black men, [E] and graveyards full
of rusty [A] old automobiles.
_ _ [D] Well, good [E] morning, America, [A] how are you?
_ [F#m] Say, don't you know [D] me, I'm your native [A] son.
_ _ I'm the train [E] that calls the city [A] of New Orleans.
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[D] I'll be gone 500 [E] miles when the [A] day is done.
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_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] Well, good [E] morning, America, [A] how are you?
_ [F#m] Say, don't you know [D] me, I'm your native [A] son.
_ I'm the train that calls the [F#] city of New [E] Orleans. _ _
[B] I'll be gone [F#m] 500 [E] miles when the day [A] is done.
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