City Of New Orleans tab by Arlo Guthrie

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Verse 1::      Ri-ding on the  ci-ty  of New  Or-leans
Verse 2::      Dealing card games w/the ol men in the clubcar
Verse 3::      Night-time on the  ci-ty  of New  Or-leans


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 Illinois Central  Mon- day morning  rail                 Fif-teen cars and
 Penny a point ain't no one keepin' score                  Pass the pa- per
 Changing cars in  Memphis, Ten- nes- see                  Half-way home

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 fif-teen restless  riders          Three con- duc- tors and twenty-five sacks of mail
 bag that holds the bot-tle               Feel the wheels rumblin' neath the floor
 n' we'll be there by mornin'        Through the Mississippi darkness rollin' down to the sea

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               All a-  long the southbound o- dy- ssey the  train pulls out at
                 And the sons of Pullman Porters     and the sons of en- gi-
                But all the towns and peop- le seem      to fade in-to a

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 Kan- ka-kee and  rolls a- long the hous-es farms and fi- elds
 neers  ride their fa- thers ma- gic car- pet made of steel
 bad dream   and the steel rails still ain't heard the news

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 Passing graves that have no name and freightyards full of old black men and the graveyard of the
 Mot- hers w/ their babes as- leep  are rockin' to the gentle beat    and the rhythm of the
 The conductor sings his songs again the passengers will please refrain this train got the dis-a-

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 rusted au-to mob-ile         Chorus::     Good mor'- nin' A- mer- i- ca how are
 rail is a- ll they hear        Chorus::     Good mor'- nin'
 pearing ra- il road blues       Chorus::     Good ni- ght

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    you               Don't you know me  I'm your na-tive   son

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       I'm the train they call the Ci- ty  of New Or-le-ans            I'll be

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 gone five hun-dred miles when the day is done



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