{"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":2118937,"song":"Detroit City","artist":"Waylon Jennings","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2118937-detroit-city-chords-by-waylon-jennings/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2118937?type=chord","rating":4.62283,"votes":21,"content":"Detroit City\r\nWritten By: Danny Dill & Mel Tillis(1963)\r\nPerformed by: Waylon Jennings & Bobby Bare\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G#[/ch] [ch]D#[/ch] [ch]G#[/ch] [ch]D#[/ch] [ch]G#[/ch] [ch]D#[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G#[/ch] [ch]D#[/ch] [ch]G#[/ch] [ch]D#[/ch] [ch]G#[/ch] [ch]D#[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]          \r\nI wanna go home....I wanna go home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, how I wanna go home.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D7[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLast night I went to sleep in Detroit City.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D7[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nAnd, I dreamed about those cotton fields and home.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI dreamed about my mother, dear old papa, sister and brother,      [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]A7[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]D7[/ch]            \r\nand I dreamed about the girl.... who?s been waiting for so long.[/tab]\r\n \r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]NC         [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI wanna go home....I wanna go home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, how I wanna go home.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G#[/ch] [ch]D#[/ch] [ch]G#[/ch] [ch]D#[/ch] [ch]G#[/ch] [ch]D#[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G#[/ch] [ch]D#[/ch] [ch]G#[/ch] [ch]D#[/ch] [ch]G#[/ch] [ch]D#[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D7[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHome folks think I?m big in Detroit City[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D7[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nFrom the letters that I write , they think I?m fine.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBy day I make the cars.....by night I make the bars[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]A7[/ch]               [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nIf only they could only read between the lines...[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D7[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCause you know... I rode a freight train north to Detroit City,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D7[/ch]                                                 [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nAnd after all these years , I find I?ve just been wasting my time.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo I just think I?ll take my foolish pride [/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand put it on a south bound freight and ride[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nand go on back to the loved ones [/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nThe ones I left waiting so far behind[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]NC         [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI wanna go home....I wanna go home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, how I wanna go home.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G#[/ch] [ch]D#[/ch] [ch]G#[/ch] [ch]D#[/ch] [ch]G#[/ch] [ch]D#[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G#[/ch] [ch]D#[/ch] [ch]G#[/ch] [ch]D#[/ch] [ch]G#[/ch] [ch]D#[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]  ( end)","plain_text":"Detroit City\nWritten By: Danny Dill & Mel Tillis(1963)\nPerformed by: Waylon Jennings & Bobby Bare\n\n[Intro]\nG D G D G D    G# D# G# D# G# D#\nG D G D G D    G# D# G# D# G# D#    G\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n \n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nG D G D G D    G# D# G# D# G# D#\nG D G D G D    G# D# G# D# G# D#    G\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nG D G D G D    G# D# G# D# G# D#\nG D G D G D    G# D# G# D# G# D#    G  ( end)","chords":["G","D","G#","D#","C","D7","G7","A","A7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}