Chords for Mary-Lou - The City of New Orleans (Steve Goodman)

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_ _ _ _ _ _ I _ [G] know the city of [C] New Orleans, _ _
[Am] Helmwell, [C] Santa Monica, Moline, Rayonne,
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[C] 15 cars [G] and 15 restless [C] riders, _ [Am] great conductor, [G] 25 sacks [C] of mail. _ _
[Am] All along the southbound Odyssey, [Em] the train rolls over Kankakee,
[G] rolls along past houses, farms [D] and fields, _ [Am] passing trains that have no name.
[Em] Straight down from the hall, blackmail [G] around the graveyards, all the rusted [C] automobiles. _
[F] Good [G] morning America, [C] how are you? _
[Am] Train, don't you know me?
[F] I am your native [C] son.
I am the train that calls [G] the city of [Am] New Orleans.
[D] I'll [Eb] be gone 500 [G] miles when your day [C] is done. _ _
Filling card games with [G] the old men in [C] the cloaked car. _
[Am] Many a point, [F] no one keeping [C] score.
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[C] Pell the paper [G] bag but hold [C] the bottle. _ _
[Am] Feel the wheels [G] rambling near the [C] floor. _ _
[Am] Hand the sand to the men in polo, hand [Em] the sand to the Fange and Eels.
Write [G] their fathers magic carpets made [D] of steel. _ _
[Am] Mother with her baby asleep, [Em] rocking to the janvies.
[G] Hand the rhythm of the rails with all [C] they feel. _
[F] Good [G] morning America, [C] how are you? _
[Am] Train, don't you know [F] me?
I am your native [C] son.
_ I am the train that [G] calls the city of [Am] New Orleans.
[D] I'll [Eb] be gone 500 [G] miles when your day [C] is done. _ _ _
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Good [G] morning America, [C] how are you? _
[Am] Train, don't you know me?
I am [C] your native son.
I am the train that [G] calls the city [Am] of New Orleans. _
[Eb] I'll be gone [G] 500 miles when your [C] day is done. _ _
Night time [G] in the city [C] of New Orleans. _ _
[Am] Changing [F] cars in Memphis, [C] Tennessee.
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[C] Halfway [G] home, we'll be [C] there by morning. _
[Am] Through the Mississippi [G] darkness rolling [C] down to the sea. _
[Am] And all the towns and people [Em] seem fed into a bad dream.
[G] Still rail, still [D] avenue. _
[Am] The conductor sings his song [Em] again.
The passengers will please [G] refrain.
This train got to disappear in a [C] rain of blue. _ _
[F] Good [G] night America, [C] how are you? _
[Am] Train, don't you [F] know me?
I am [C] your native son.
I am the train that [G] calls the city [Am] of New Orleans.
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[Eb] I'll be gone 500 [G] miles when your [C] day is done. _ _
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