Bobby Bare - Detroit city
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Detroit City chords
Bobby Bare 1963 (Danny Dill / Mel Tillis)
[Intro]
C
[Chorus]
CI want to go C7home, I want to go homFe,
COh how, I wG7ant to go hoCme.
[Verse 1]
CLast night I went to sGleep in Detroit cCity,
G7And I dreamed about those cotton fields & hoCme,
FI dreamed about my mother, dear old papCa,
sister and brothAmer
D7And I dreamed about that girl,
G7whose been waitin' for so long,
[Chorus]
CI want to go C7home, I want to go homFe,
COh how, I wG7ant to go hoCme.
[Verse 2]
CHome folks think I'm G7big in Detroit citCy,
G7From the letters that I write they think I'm finCe,
FBut by day I make the cars,
Cby night I make the bAmars,
D7If only they could read between the linG7es,
[Chorus]
CI want to go C7home, I want to go homFe,
COh how, I wG7ant to go hoCme.
[Spoken]
CAs you know
CI rode a freight train north to GDetroit citCy,
CAfter all these years,
G7I find I've been wasting my timCe,
FI'll take my foolish pride,
Con a southbound train and ride,D7
D7Go on back to the ones,
G7I've left waitin' so far behind,
[Chorus]
CI want to go C7home, I want to go homFe,
COh how, I wG7ant to go hoCme.