Chords for Detroit City
Tempo:
124 bpm
Chords used:
B
E
F#
A
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[F] [F#]
[F] [E]
I wanna go home, I wanna [A] go home, [E] oh I [B]
wanna [E] go home.
Last night I went [B] to sleep in [E] Detroit City,
And [B] I dreamed about those cotton [E] fields and homes.
[A] I dreamed about my mother, [E] dear old father, sister and brother.
girl [B] who'd been waiting for so long.
[F] [E]
I wanna go home, I wanna [A] go home, [E] oh I [B]
wanna [E] go home.
Last night I went [B] to sleep in [E] Detroit City,
And [B] I dreamed about those cotton [E] fields and homes.
[A] I dreamed about my mother, [E] dear old father, sister and brother.
girl [B] who'd been waiting for so long.
100% ➙ 124BPM
B
E
F#
A
F
B
E
F#
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[F] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
I wanna go home, _ _ I wanna [A] go _ _ home, _ _ _ [E] oh I [B] _
_ wanna [E] go home. _ _ _
_ _ Last night I went [B] to sleep in [E] Detroit City, _ _
_ And [B] I dreamed about those cotton _ [E] fields and homes. _ _
_ _ [A] I dreamed about my mother, _ [E] dear old father, sister and brother.
_ [F#] I dreamed about that girl [B] who'd been waiting for so long.
I wanna go home, _ _ I wanna [A] go home, _ _
_ _ _ [E] oh I [B] _
_ wanna [E] go home. _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Home folks think [F#] I'm big in [B] Detroit City, _ _
_ _ [F#] From the letters that I write they think [B] I'm fine. _ _ _
_ But [E] by day I make cars, [B] by night I make bars.
[C#] If only they could read between [F#] the lines. _ _
_ _ _ [B] As you know, [F#] I rode a freight train [B] north to Detroit City. _
_ _ [F#] And after all these years I find that I've just [B] been wasting my time.
_ So [E] I just think I'll take my foolish pride,
And [B] put it on a southbound freight [C#] ride,
And go on back to the little ones, the [F#] ones I left waiting so far behind.
I wanna [B] go home, _ _ I wanna [E] go home, _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] oh _ [F#] I _ wanna [B] go home.
_ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
I wanna go home, _ _ _ I wanna [A] go home, _ _
_ _ _ [E] oh _ [B] I _ wanna [E] go home. _ _
I wanna go home, _ _ I wanna [A] go home, _ _
_ _ _ [E] oh _ [B] I wanna [E] go [B] home.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
[F] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
I wanna go home, _ _ I wanna [A] go _ _ home, _ _ _ [E] oh I [B] _
_ wanna [E] go home. _ _ _
_ _ Last night I went [B] to sleep in [E] Detroit City, _ _
_ And [B] I dreamed about those cotton _ [E] fields and homes. _ _
_ _ [A] I dreamed about my mother, _ [E] dear old father, sister and brother.
_ [F#] I dreamed about that girl [B] who'd been waiting for so long.
I wanna go home, _ _ I wanna [A] go home, _ _
_ _ _ [E] oh I [B] _
_ wanna [E] go home. _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Home folks think [F#] I'm big in [B] Detroit City, _ _
_ _ [F#] From the letters that I write they think [B] I'm fine. _ _ _
_ But [E] by day I make cars, [B] by night I make bars.
[C#] If only they could read between [F#] the lines. _ _
_ _ _ [B] As you know, [F#] I rode a freight train [B] north to Detroit City. _
_ _ [F#] And after all these years I find that I've just [B] been wasting my time.
_ So [E] I just think I'll take my foolish pride,
And [B] put it on a southbound freight [C#] ride,
And go on back to the little ones, the [F#] ones I left waiting so far behind.
I wanna [B] go home, _ _ I wanna [E] go home, _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] oh _ [F#] I _ wanna [B] go home.
_ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
I wanna go home, _ _ _ I wanna [A] go home, _ _
_ _ _ [E] oh _ [B] I _ wanna [E] go home. _ _
I wanna go home, _ _ I wanna [A] go home, _ _
_ _ _ [E] oh _ [B] I wanna [E] go [B] home.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _