Detroit City Chords by Bobby Bare
Tempo:
60.35 bpm
Chords used:
B
E
F#
F
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] [F] [B] [F] [F#]
[E] I wanna go home, I [A] wanna go home, [E] oh, [B] I wanna [E] go home
Last night I [B] went to sleep in [E] Detroit City
[B] And I dreamed about those cotton [E] fields and home
I [A] dreamed about my mother, [E] dear old papa, sister and brother
[F#] I dreamed about that girl [B] who's been waiting for so long
I [E] wanna go home, I [A] wanna go home, [E] oh, [B] I [E] wanna go home
[F] [B]
Home folks [F#] think I'm big in [B] Detroit City
[F#] From the letters that I write they [B] think I'm fine
But [E] by day I make the cars, [B] by night I make the bars
[C#] If only they could read [F#] between the lines
[B] Cause 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 been [B] wasting my time
So I [E] just think I'll take my foolish pride and put it on a [G#m] southbound [B] freightin' ride
Go [C#] on back to the loved ones, the ones that [F#] I left waiting so far behind
[F#m] I [B] wanna go home, I [E] wanna go home, [B] oh, [F#] I wanna [B] go home
[F] [E]
[E] I wanna go home, I [A] wanna go home, [E] oh, [B] I wanna [E] go home
Last night I [B] went to sleep in [E] Detroit City
[B] And I dreamed about those cotton [E] fields and home
I [A] dreamed about my mother, [E] dear old papa, sister and brother
[F#] I dreamed about that girl [B] who's been waiting for so long
I [E] wanna go home, I [A] wanna go home, [E] oh, [B] I [E] wanna go home
[F] [B]
Home folks [F#] think I'm big in [B] Detroit City
[F#] From the letters that I write they [B] think I'm fine
But [E] by day I make the cars, [B] by night I make the bars
[C#] If only they could read [F#] between the lines
[B] Cause 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 been [B] wasting my time
So I [E] just think I'll take my foolish pride and put it on a [G#m] southbound [B] freightin' ride
Go [C#] on back to the loved ones, the ones that [F#] I left waiting so far behind
[F#m] I [B] wanna go home, I [E] wanna go home, [B] oh, [F#] I wanna [B] go home
[F] [E]
Key:
B
E
F#
F
A
B
E
F#
[E] _ _ [F] _ _ [B] _ _ [F] _ [F#] _
[E] _ _ I wanna go home, I [A] wanna go home, _ _ [E] oh, [B] I wanna [E] go home
_ Last night I [B] went to sleep in [E] Detroit City
_ [B] And I dreamed about those cotton [E] fields and home
I _ [A] dreamed about my mother, [E] dear old papa, sister and brother
[F#] I dreamed about that girl [B] who's been waiting for so long
I [E] wanna go home, I [A] wanna go home, _ _ [E] oh, [B] I [E] wanna go home
[F] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Home folks [F#] think I'm big in [B] Detroit City
_ [F#] From the letters that I write they [B] think I'm fine
But [E] by day I make the cars, [B] by night I make the bars
[C#] If only they could read [F#] between the lines
_ [B] Cause 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 been [B] wasting my time
So I [E] just think I'll take my foolish pride and put it on a [G#m] southbound [B] freightin' ride
Go [C#] on back to the loved ones, the ones that [F#] I left waiting so far behind
[F#m] I [B] wanna go home, I [E] wanna go home, _ _ [B] oh, [F#] I wanna [B] go home
[F] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ I wanna go home, I [A] wanna go home, _ _ [E] oh, [B] I wanna [E] go home
_ Last night I [B] went to sleep in [E] Detroit City
_ [B] And I dreamed about those cotton [E] fields and home
I _ [A] dreamed about my mother, [E] dear old papa, sister and brother
[F#] I dreamed about that girl [B] who's been waiting for so long
I [E] wanna go home, I [A] wanna go home, _ _ [E] oh, [B] I [E] wanna go home
[F] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Home folks [F#] think I'm big in [B] Detroit City
_ [F#] From the letters that I write they [B] think I'm fine
But [E] by day I make the cars, [B] by night I make the bars
[C#] If only they could read [F#] between the lines
_ [B] Cause 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 been [B] wasting my time
So I [E] just think I'll take my foolish pride and put it on a [G#m] southbound [B] freightin' ride
Go [C#] on back to the loved ones, the ones that [F#] I left waiting so far behind
[F#m] I [B] wanna go home, I [E] wanna go home, _ _ [B] oh, [F#] I wanna [B] go home
[F] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
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