C G C Ridin' on the City of New Orleans Am F C Illinois Central, Monday mornin' rail. C G C Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders, Am G C Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail. Am Em All along a southbound odyssey, the train pulls out of Kankakee, G D And rolls along past houses, farms, and fields. Am Em And passin' trains that have no names and freightyards filled with old black men: G G7 C And the graveyards of the rusted automobiles. [Chorus] F G C Good mornin', America! How are you? Am F C G Say, Don't you know me? I'm your native son! C G Am G D I'm the train they call the City of New Or----leans; Bb Dm G C I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done! [Verse 2] C G C Dealin' cards with the old men in the club car; Am F C Penny a point, there ain't no one keepin score. C G C And pass the paper bag that holds the bottle; Am G C Feel the wheels rumblin' 'neath the floor. Am Em And the sons of Pullman porters and the sons of engineers G D Ride their fathers' magic carpet made of steel. Am Em And mothers with their babes asleep rockin' to the gentle beat, G G7 C And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel. [Chorus] F G C Good mornin', America! How are you? Am F C G Say, Don't you know me? I'm your native son! C G Am G D I'm the train they call the City of New Or----leans; Bb Dm G C I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done! [Instrumental] F G C Am F C G C G Am Am7 D Bb F G C [Verse 3] C G C Nighttime on the City of New Orleans; Am F C Changin' cars in Memphis, Tennessee. C G C Half-way home; we'll be there by mornin' Am G C Through the Mississippi darkness rollin' down to the sea. Am Em But the towns and people seem to just fade into a bad dream, G D And the steel rails still ain't heard the news. Am Em Conductor sing your songs again, and passengers will please refrain; G G7 C This train has got the dissapearin' railroad blues. [Chorus] F G C Good mornin', America! How are you? Am F C G Don't you know me? I'm your native son! C G Am G D I'm the train they call the City of New Or----leans; Bb Dm G C And I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done! Bb Dm G C And I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done! Bb Dm G C And I'll be gone five hundred mi----les when the da----y is done!