< Gitarre: Griffwechsel C-F-G

Folksong: © & Publication Credit Not Available bearbeitet von Mjchael 

Melodie wurde durch Rudi Carells Parodie: "Wann wird's mal wieder richtig Sommer" wieder bekannt.

Strophe 1

[C] Riding on the[G] City of New[C] Orleans,[/B]

[Am] Illinois Central[F] Monday morning[C] rail [G7]

[C] Fifteen cars and fif-[G] teen restless[C] riders,[/D][/E]

[F] Three conductors and[G] twenty-five sacks of[C]mail.[/B]

All[Am] along the southbound odyssey

The[Em] train pulls out at Kankakee

[C] Rolls along past houses, farms and[D] fields.[(Dm7 - G7)]

[Am] Passin' trains that have no names,

[Em] Freight yards full of old black men

And the[F] graveyards of the[(G] rusted[G7)]automo-[C]biles.[/C][/D][/E]

Refrain

Singing:[F] Good morning A-[G] merica how[C]are you?[/B]

[Am] Don't you know me[F] I'm your native[C] son,[G7]

I'm the[C] train they call The[G] City of New[Am] Orleans,[Am/G]

I'll be[F] gone five hundred[G7] miles when the day is[C] done.

Strophe 2

Dealing[C] card games with the[G] old men in the[C] club cars,[/B]

A[Am] penny a point, ain't[F] no one keeping[C] score.[G7]

[C] Pass the paper[G] bag that holds the[C] bottle,[/B]

And[F] feel the wheels[G]rumbling 'neath the[C] floor.[/B]

And the[Am] sons of Pullman porters,

And the[Em] sons of engineers,

Ride their[C] fathers' magic carpet made of[D] steel.[(Dm7-G7)]

[Am] Mothers with their babes asleep,

[Em] Rocking to the gentle beat,

And the[F] rhythm of the[(G] rails is[G7)] all they[C] feel.[/C][/D][/E]

Refrain

Singing:[F] Good morning A-[G] merica how[C]are you?[/B]

[Am] Don't you know me[F] I'm your native[C] son,[G7]

I'm the[C] train they call The[G] City of New[Am] Orleans,[Am/G]

I'll be[F] gone five hundred[G7] miles when the day is[C] done.

Strophe 3

[C] Nighttime on the[G] City of New[C] Orleans,[/B]

[Am] Changing cars in[F] Memphis, Tenne-[C] ssee.[G7]

[C] Halfway home, and[G] we'll be there by[C] morning,[/B]

Through the[F] Misissippi darkness,[(G] rolling[G7)] down to the[C] sea.[/B]

But[Am] all the towns and people seem

To[Em] fade into a bad dream,

The[C] steel rail still ain't heard the[D] news.[(Dm7-G7)]

The con-[Am] ductor sings his songs again,

The[Em] passengers will please refrain,

This[F] train's got the disap-[(G] pearin'[G7)] railroad[C] blues.[/C][/D][/E]

Refrain

Singing:[F] Good night A-[G] merica how[C]are you?[/B]

[Am] Don't you know me[F] I'm your native[C] son,[G7]

I'm the[C] train they call The[G] City of New[Am] Orleans,[Am/G]

I'll be[F] gone five hundred[G7] miles when the day is[C] done.

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