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Detroit City
Written By: Danny Dill & Mel Tillis(1963)
Performed by: Waylon Jennings & Bobby Bare
[Intro]
G D G D G D    G# D# G# D# G# D#
G D G D G D    G# D# G# D# G# D#    G
[Chorus]
GI wanna go Ghome....I wanna go Chome
GOh, how I wD7anna go hGome.
[Verse]
GLast night I went to sD7leep in Detroit CGity.
And, I dD7reamed about those cotton fields and hGome.G7  
I dCreamed about my mother, dear old Gpapa, sister and brother,      
and I dAreamed about the A7girl.... who?s been wDaiting for so lD7ong.
[Chorus]
NC                           G  C  
I wanna go home....I wanna go home
GOh, how I wD7anna go hCome.
[Instrumental]
G D G D G D    G# D# G# D# G# D#
G D G D G D    G# D# G# D# G# D#    G
[Verse]
GHome folks think I?m D7big in Detroit CGity
From the lD7etters that I write , they think I?m GfineG7.
By Cday I make the cars.....by nGight I make the bars
If oAnly they could only rA7ead between the lD7ines...
[Verse]
GCause you know... I rode a fD7reight train north to Detroit CGity,
And after D7all these years , I find I?ve just been wasting my Gtime.G7  
So I Cjust think I?ll take my foolish pride 
and put it on a Gsouth bound freight and ride
and go on Aback to the lA7oved ones 
The ones I left wDaiting so far D7behind
[Chorus]
NC                           G  C  
I wanna go home....I wanna go home
GOh, how I D7wanna go Ghome.
[Outro]
G D G D G D    G# D# G# D# G# D#
 G   D   G   D   G      D   G#   D#   G#   D#   G#      D#    G( end)

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Detroit City

by Waylon Jennings

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Detroit City

Written By: Danny Dill & Mel Tillis(1963)

Performed by: Waylon Jennings & Bobby Bare

[Intro]

G D G D G D G# D# G# D# G# D#

G D G D G D G# D# G# D# G# D# G

[Chorus]

G G C

I wanna go home....I wanna go home

G D7 G

Oh, how I wanna go home.

[Verse]

G D7 G

Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City.

D7 G G7

And, I dreamed about those cotton fields and home.

C G

I dreamed about my mother, dear old papa, sister and brother,

A A7 D D7

and I dreamed about the girl.... who?s been waiting for so long.

[Chorus]

G C

I wanna go home....I wanna go home

G D7 C

Oh, how I wanna go home.

[Instrumental]

G D G D G D G# D# G# D# G# D#

G D G D G D G# D# G# D# G# D# G

[Verse]

G D7 G

Home folks think I?m big in Detroit City

D7 G G7

From the letters that I write , they think I?m fine.

C G

By day I make the cars.....by night I make the bars

A A7 D7

If only they could only read between the lines...

[Verse]

G D7 G

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

D7 G G7

And after all these years , I find I?ve just been wasting my time.

So I just think I?ll take my foolish pride

and put it on a south bound freight and ride

A A7

and go on back to the loved ones

D D7

The ones I left waiting so far behind

[Chorus]

G C

I wanna go home....I wanna go home

G D7 G

Oh, how I wanna go home.

[Outro]

G D G D G D G# D# G# D# G# D#

G D G D G D G# D# G# D# G# D# G

( end)

About Detroit City Chords by Waylon Jennings

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