Detroit City chords by Tom Jones

Chords with lyrics

#27 in 1967.

#1.
E MajorE           BB        E MajorE
Last night, I went to sleep in Detroit City.
 BB                  E MajorE
I dreamed about them cotton fields and home.
E MajorE A augmentedA                 E MajorE
I dreamed about my Mother, dear old Pappy,
             F#F#
sister and brother..and I dreamed about that girl,
      BB
who`s been waiting for so long.

CHORUS:
BB     E MajorE        A augmentedA
I wanna go home..I wanna go home.
E MajorE     BB    E MajorE
Oh, how I wanna go home.

#2.
E MajorE          BB       E MajorE
Home folks think I`m big in Detroit City.
E MajorE            BB             E MajorE
From the letters that I write, they think I`m just fine.
(Yes, they do.)
    A augmentedA              E MajorE
But by day, I make the cars, and by night, I make the bars.
  F#F#                BB
If only they could read between the lines.

SPOKEN:Ad lib.
BB
Cause you know I rode a freight train north,
      E MajorE
to Detroit City.
E MajorE     BB
And after all these years I find, I`ve just been
      E MajorE
wasting my time.
                 A augmentedA
You know what I`m gonna do?..I`m gonna take my foolish pride,
      E MajorE
get it on a southbound freight and let it ride.
  F#F#                  BB
I`m gonna go back to the loved ones..the ones that I left

waiting so far behind.

CHORUS:
BB     E MajorE        A augmentedA
I wanna go home..I wanna go home.
E MajorE     BB    E MajorE
Oh, how I wanna go home.
(Can`t you hear me?)

CHORUS:
BB     E MajorE        A augmentedA
I wanna go home..I wanna go home.
E MajorE     BB    E MajorE
Oh, how I wanna go home.
(Somebody help me!)

OUTRO:
BB     E MajorE        A augmentedA
I wanna go home..I wanna go home.
E MajorE     BB    E MajorE
Oh, how I wanna go home.


A augmentedA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.