City Of New Orleans Chords by Jimmy Buffett

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_ [A] the city of [D] New _ Orleans, _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
Illinois [G] since old Monday morning.
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1015 _ [A] cars, 15 [D] arrest list rider, _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
three _ [A] conductors, 25 [D] sacks of
me _ _ all _ [Bm] _
along the southbound I to [F#m] see the train pulls out
the tanker [A] gate heading over highways, _ [E] farms and fields
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passing trains that have no [F#m] names, _ graveyards full of old black [A] men
and the graveyards of the rusted [D] automobile _
_ _ _ _ [G] singing _ good [A] morning America [D] how are you _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
don't you know [G] me I'm your [D] native _ son
[A] I'm _ _ [D] the train that [A] called the city of [Bm] New Orleans
_ [E] _ _ and [C] I'll be gone [G] 500 [B] miles when the [D] day is _ done
_ _ _ dealing cars _ [A] with the old men in the [D] club _ _ car
_ _ [Bm] a penny [E] pointing [G] the one keeping [D]
score _ _ [A] _ why [D] don't you pass the paper [A] bag that
holds [D] the bottle
I _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm]
feel the [A] wheels rumbling through [D] the
_ and _ _ _ [Bm] the sons of Pullman porters [F#m] and sons of _ engineers
[A] ride their fathers magic carpet _ [E] made of steam
_ _ _ _ [Bm] mothers with their babes asleep [F#m] are rocking
to the gentle [A] beat and the rhythm of the rail
is [D] all they feel _ _ singing _ [G] good [A] morning _ America [D] how _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] ah don't you know [G] me I'm your native [D] son
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] I'm the train that called [A] the city of [Bm] New Orleans
_ [E] _ _ _ [C] and I'll be [G] gone 500 [A] miles when the [D] day is done
all right Mr.
McAnally all right _ _ _ _
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_ _ [D] _ _ well it's night time [A] on the city of [D] New Orleans
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] changing [E] cars in Memphis _ Tennessee _ _ _ _ halfway _ [D] _
_ [A] home we'll be there [D] by morning
_ _ _ _ [B] through the [B] Mississippi _ [A] darkness rolling to [D] the sea
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] and all the towns and people seem [F#m] to feed in
to this bad dream [A] and steel rail they ain't [E] heard the _ news
_ _ _ [Bm] conductor sings this song again [F#m] _
passengers will please refrain
[A] cause this train's got the disappearing _ [D] railroad _ blues
_ _ [G] and it's good [A] night _ America [D] how are you _ _ _ I say don't you know [G] me _ I'm your
native [D] _
_ son [A] _ _ _ [D] I'm the train that called [A] the city _ [Bm] of
New Orleans [D] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [C] and I'll be gone [G] 500 [A] miles when [E] the day
is done _ _ _ _ I'm [D] the train that called [A] the city of [Bm] New
Orleans _ [E] _ and _ [C]
I'll be gone 500 miles when the day
is done yeah _ and I'll [Em] be gone
[B] 500 _ miles when the [E] day is _ done _ _ _
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