Detroit City
Bobby BareVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
I want to go home, I want to go home
Oh, how I want to go home
Last night I went to sleep in Detroit city
And I dreamed about those cotton fields and home
I dreamed about my mother,
dear old papa, sister and brother,
And I dreamed about that girl,
whose been waitin' for so long
I want to go home, I want to go home
Oh, how I want to go home
Home folks think I'm big in Detroit city
From the letters that I write they think I'm fine
But by day I make the cars,
by night I make the bars
If only they could read between the lines
spoken
I rode a freight train north to Detroit city
After all these years I've been wasting my time
I'll take my foolish pride,
on a southbound freight and ride
Go on back to the ones,
I've left waitin' so far behind
I want to go home, I want to go home
Oh, how I want to go home
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Readable chord sheet for Detroit City by Bobby Bare
[E] I [E]want to go home[E7], I want to go [A]home [E]Oh, how I [B7]want to go [E]home [E]Last night I went to [B7]sleep in Detroit [E]city And I [B7]dreamed about those cotton fields and [E]home [E7] I [A]dreamed about my mother, dear old [E]papa, sister and brother, And I [F#]dreamed about that girl, whose been [B7]waitin' for so long I [E]want to go home[E7], I want to go [A]home [E]Oh, how I [B7]want to go [E]home Home [E]folks think I'm [B7]big in Detroit [E]city From the [B7]letters that I write they think I'm [E]fine[E7] But by [A]day I make the cars, by [E]night I make the bars If [F#]only they could read between the [B7]lines spoken I rode a freight train north to Detroit city After all these years I've been wasting my time I'll take my foolish pride, on a southbound freight and ride Go on back to the ones, I've left waitin' so far behind I [E]want to go home[E7], I want to go [A]home [E]Oh, how I [B7]want to go [E]home