PRE-CHORUS 1:
All a-
[Dm]-long the south bound odyssey
The
[Am] train pulls out of Kenkakee
[C] Rolls along past houses, farms and
[G] fields
[Dm] Passing trains that have no name
[Am] Freight yards full of old black men
And the
[C] graveyards of
[C7] rusted automob-
[F]-iles
CHORUS:
[A#] Good morning A-
[C]-merica, how
[F] are you?
Say,
[Dm] don't you know me,
[A#] I'm your native
[F] son
[C7]
I'm the
[F] train they call the
[C] City of New
[Dm] Orleans
[Dm/C] [G/B]
I'll be
[D#5] gone five
[D#5/D] hundred
[C7] miles, when the day is
[F] done
VERSE 2:
Dealing card
[F] games with the
[C] old men in the
[F] club car
[Dm] Penny a point ain't
[A#] no one keeping
[F] score
[F] Pass the paper
[C] bag that holds the
[F] bottle
[Dm] Feel the wheels
[C] rumbling 'neath the
[F] floor
PRE-CHORUS 2:
And the
[Dm] sons of Pullman porters and the
[Am] sons of engineers
Ride their
[C] father's magic carpets made of
[G] steel
[Dm] Mothers with their babes asleep
[Am] rocking to the gentle beat
And the
[C] rhythm of the rails is
[C7] all they
[F] feel
REPEAT CHORUS:
VERSE 3:
[F] Nightime on the
[C] City of New
[F] Orleans
[Dm] Changing cars in
[A#] Memphis Tennes-
[F]-see
[F] Half way home
[C] we'll be there by
[F] morning
Through the
[Dm] Mississippi darkness
[C] rolling down to the
[F] sea
PRE-CHORUS 3:
But
[Dm] all the towns and people
Seem to
[Am] fade into a bad dream
And the
[C] steel rail still ain't heard the
[G] news
The con-
[Dm]-ductor sings his songs again
The
[Am] passengers will please refrain
This
[C] train got the disappearing
[C7] railroad
[F] blues
REPEAT CHORUS: 