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Detroit City

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Detroit City chords
[Intro]
E5 E5/F E5/F# E5/F E
[Chorus]
I wanna go Ehome,  E7I wanna go Ahome
EOh, how I B7wanna go Ehome
[Verse 1]
Last Enight I went to B7sleep in Detroit ECity
And I B7dreamed about those cotton fields and EhomeE7  
I Adreamed about my mother,
dear old Epapa, sister and brother,
I F#dreamed about that girl,
who's been B7waiting for so long
[Chorus]
I wanna go Ehome,  E7I wanna go Ahome
EOh, how I B7wanna go Ehome
[Instrumental MODULATE up to B]   
E5   E5/F   E5/F#
[Verse 2]
BHome folks think I'm F#big in Detroit BCity
From the F#letters that I write they think I'm BfineB7  
But by Eday I make the cars,
by Bnight I make the bars
If C#only they could read between the F#lines
[Spoken]
Cause you know, I rode a freight train north to Detroit City
And after all these years I find that I've just been wastin' my time
So I just think I'll take my foolish pride, and
put it on a southbound freight and ride
Go on back to the loved ones,
The ones that I left waitin' so far behind
[Chorus]
I wanna go Bhome,  B7I wanna go Ehome
BOh, how I F#wanna go Bhome
[Fade out with Instrumental MODULATION back down to E]   
E5/F#   E5/F   E
Set8

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Detroit City

by Bobby Bare

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

E5/F

E5/F#

Detroit City chords

[Intro]

E5 E5/F E5/F# E5/F E

[Chorus]

E E7 A

I wanna go home, I wanna go home

E B7 E

Oh, how I wanna go home

[Verse 1]

E B7 E

Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City

B7 E E7

And I dreamed about those cotton fields and home

I dreamed about my mother,

dear old papa, sister and brother,

I dreamed about that girl,

who's been waiting for so long

[Chorus]

E E7 A

I wanna go home, I wanna go home

E B7 E

Oh, how I wanna go home

[Instrumental MODULATE up to B]

E5 E5/F E5/F#

[Verse 2]

B F# B

Home folks think I'm big in Detroit City

F# B B7

From the letters that I write they think I'm fine

But by day I make the cars,

by night I make the bars

C# F#

If only they could read between the lines

[Spoken]

Cause you know, I rode a freight train north to Detroit City

And after all these years I find that I've just been wastin' my time

So I just think I'll take my foolish pride, and

put it on a southbound freight and ride

Go on back to the loved ones,

The ones that I left waitin' so far behind

[Chorus]

B B7 E

I wanna go home, I wanna go home

B F# B

Oh, how I wanna go home

[Fade out with Instrumental MODULATION back down to E]

E5/F# E5/F E

Set8

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