Detroit City chords by Waylon Jennings

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

Intro:
G D G D G D    G# D# G# D# G# D#
G D G D G D    G# D# G# D# G# D#    G

Chorus:
G          G                  C
I wanna go home....I wanna go home
G          D7       G
Oh, how I wanna go home.

Verse:
G                     D7               G
Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City.
        D7                                    G   G7
And, I dreamed about those cotton fields and home.
   C                                G
I dreamed about my mother, dear old papa, sister and brother,
       A                A7                   D              D7
and I dreamed about the girl.... who's been waiting for so long.

Chorus:
NC         G                  C
I wanna go home....I wanna go home
G          D7       C
Oh, how I wanna go home.

Instrumental:
G D G D G D    G# D# G# D# G# D#
G D G D G D    G# D# G# D# G# D#    G

Verse:
G                    D7              G
Home folks think I'm big in Detroit City
          D7                                   G   G7
From the letters that I write , they think I'm fine.
   C                           G
By day I make the cars.....by night I make the bars
    A                    A7               D7
If only they could only read between the lines...

Verse:
G                           D7                             G
Cause you know... I rode a freight train north to Detroit City,
          D7                                                 G    G7
And after all these years , I find I've just been wasting my time.
     C
So I just think I'll take my foolish pride
                G
and put it on a south bound freight and ride
          A            A7
and go on back to the loved ones
                 D             D7
The ones I left waiting so far behind

Chorus:
NC         G                  C
I wanna go home....I wanna go home
G         D7       G
Oh, how I wanna go home.

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