Intro: G G D G Riding on the City of New Orleans, Em C G Illinois Central Monday morning rail. G D G Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders, Em D G Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail. Em Bm All along the south bound odyssey, the train pulls out of Kankakee, D A Rolls along past houses farms and fields, Em Bm Passing trains that have no name, freight yards full of old black men D D7 G And the graveyards of rusted automobiles. Intro: G G G D G Riding on the City of New Orleans, Em C G Illinois Central Monday morning rail, G D G Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders Em D G Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail. Em Bm All along the south bound odyssey, the train pulls out of Kankakee, D A Rolls along past houses farms and fields, Em Bm Passing trains that have no name, freight yards of old black men D D7 G And the graveyards of rusted automobiles. |