{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":975264,"song":"Detroit City","artist":"Tom Jones","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11621081-detroit-city-chords-by-tom-jones/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/975264?type=chord","rating":4.50629,"votes":28,"content":"Detroit City:Tom Jones.\r\n#27 in 1967.\r\n\r\nINTRO: [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]RIFF:\r\n-----------------------------------------------------------\r\n-----------------------------------------------------------\r\n-----------------------------------------------------------\r\n-----------------------------------------------------------\r\n-----2----2----2------2---2----2-----3---3---3-------------\r\n---0----0----0------1---1----1-----2---2---2---------------[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]------------------------------------\r\n------------------------------------\r\n------------------------------------\r\n------------------------------------\r\n---2---2----2-----------------------\r\n-1---1----1-----0-------------------[/tab]\r\n\r\n#1.\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]B[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nLast night, I went to sleep in Detroit City.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]B[/ch]                                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI dreamed about them cotton fields and home.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]                                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI dreamed about my Mother, dear old Pappy,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nsister and brother..and I dreamed about that girl,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]B[/ch]\r\nwho`s been waiting for so long.[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI wanna go home..I wanna go home.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOh, how I wanna go home.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]RIFF:\r\n-----------------------------------------------------------\r\n-----------------------------------------------------------\r\n-----------------------------------------------------------\r\n-----------------------------------------------------------\r\n-----2----2----2------2---2----2-----3---3---3-------------\r\n---0----0----0------1---1----1-----2---2---2---------------[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]------------------------------------\r\n------------------------------------\r\n------------------------------------\r\n------------------------------------\r\n---2---2----2-----------------------\r\n-1---1----1-----0-------------------[/tab]\r\n\r\n#2.\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]B[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHome folks think I`m big in Detroit City.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]B[/ch]                          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nFrom the letters that I write, they think I`m just fine.[/tab]\r\n(Yes, they do.)\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut by day, I make the cars, and by night, I make the bars.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F#[/ch]                               [ch]B[/ch]\r\nIf only they could read between the lines.[/tab]\r\n\r\nSPOKEN:Ad lib.\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nCause you know I rode a freight train north,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nto Detroit City.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd after all these years I find, I`ve just been [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nwasting my time.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou know what I`m gonna do?..I`m gonna take my foolish pride,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nget it on a southbound freight and let it ride.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#[/ch]                                   [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI`m gonna go back to the loved ones..the ones that I left[/tab]\r\n\r\nwaiting so far behind.\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI wanna go home..I wanna go home.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOh, how I wanna go home.[/tab]\r\n(Can`t you hear me?)\r\n\r\nRIFF: (First 2 parts.)\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI wanna go home..I wanna go home.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOh, how I wanna go home.[/tab]\r\n(Somebody help me!)\r\n\r\nOUTRO:\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI wanna go home..I wanna go home.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOh, how I wanna go home.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.","plain_text":"Detroit City:Tom Jones.\n#27 in 1967.\n\nINTRO: E F B F E\n\n\n\n\n\n\n#1.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n#2.\n\n\n(Yes, they do.)\n\n\n\nSPOKEN:Ad lib.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nwaiting so far behind.\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n(Can`t you hear me?)\n\nRIFF: (First 2 parts.)\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n(Somebody help me!)\n\nOUTRO:\n\n\n\n\nA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.","chords":["E","F","B","A","F#"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]}}}