Detroit City chords by Waylon Jennings

Chords with lyrics

Detroit City
Written By: Danny Dill & Mel Tillis(1963)
Performed by: Waylon Jennings & Bobby Bare

Intro:
G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD  G#G# D#D# G#G# D#D# G#G# D#D#
G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD  G#G# D#D# G#G# D#D# G#G# D#D#  G+G

Chorus:
G+G     G+G         C majorC
I wanna go home....I wanna go home
G+G     D7D7    G+G
Oh, how I wanna go home.

Verse:
G+G           D7D7        G+G
Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City.
    D7D7                  G+G  G7G7
And, I dreamed about those cotton fields and home.
  C majorC                G+G
I dreamed about my mother, dear old papa, sister and brother,
    A augmentedA        A7A7          D MajorD       D7D7
and I dreamed about the girl.... who?s been waiting for so long.

Chorus:
NC     G+G         C majorC
I wanna go home....I wanna go home
G+G     D7D7    C majorC
Oh, how I wanna go home.

Instrumental:
G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD  G#G# D#D# G#G# D#D# G#G# D#D#
G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD  G#G# D#D# G#G# D#D# G#G# D#D#  G+G

Verse:
G+G          D7D7       G+G
Home folks think I?m big in Detroit City
     D7D7                  G+G  G7G7
From the letters that I write , they think I?m fine.
  C majorC              G+G
By day I make the cars.....by night I make the bars
  A augmentedA          A7A7        D7D7
If only they could only read between the lines...

Verse:
G+G              D7D7               G+G
Cause you know... I rode a freight train north to Detroit City,
     D7D7                         G+G  G7G7
And after all these years , I find I?ve just been wasting my time.
   C majorC
So I just think I?ll take my foolish pride
        G+G
and put it on a south bound freight and ride
     A augmentedA      A7A7
and go on back to the loved ones
         D MajorD       D7D7
The ones I left waiting so far behind

Chorus:
NC     G+G         C majorC
I wanna go home....I wanna go home
G+G     D7D7    G+G
Oh, how I wanna go home.

Outro:
G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD  G#G# D#D# G#G# D#D# G#G# D#D#
G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD  G#G# D#D# G#G# D#D# G#G# D#D#  G+G (end)