City Of New Orleans (3-harp)
by Arlo Guthrie, Willie Nelson · harmonica tab for C diatonic harmonica
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Harp: G
Rid-in' on the Cit-y Of New Or-leans
Il-li-nois Cen-tral, Mon-day morn-in' rail
Fif-teen cars and fif-teen rest-less rid-ers
Three con-duc-tors;
and twen-ty-five sacks of mail
Harp: D
All a-long the south-bound od-ys-sey
the train pulls out of Kan-ka-kee
And rolls a-long the hous-es, farms, and fields
Pass-in' towns that have no name,
and freight yards full of old black men
And the grave-yards of the
Harp: G
rust-ed au-to-mo-biles
Good morn-ing, A-mer-i-ca, how are you?
Say, don't you know me? I'm your na-tive son
Say, don't you know me? I'm your na-tive son
I'm the train they call
the Cit-y Of New Or-leans
Harp: C
I'll be gone five hun-dred miles
when the day is done