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Key: F
Intro:
D7 D D
Verse 1:
D
Gonna get up early in the morning
D7
Gonna get down to the train
G
Gonna head out south on the 6:15
D
A gonna start living again
D
There's a place on the St John river
D7
That I know will fill the bill
Chorus 1:
Bm
When the sun goes down on me tonight
G D
I'll be home in Jacksonville
G D
Home in Jacksonville
[Solo]
D7 D D7 D
Verse 2:
D
Spent two years in Detroit City
D7
Tryin' to save up a little bit of dough
G
The pay was good but a homesick feelin'
D
Kept this poor boy feeling low
D
I couldn't forget that gal
D7
I left her face is haunting me still
Chorus 2:
Bm
But she'll be waiting at the coast line station
G D
when I get to Jacksonville
G D
Get to Jacksonville
[Solo]
D7 D D7 D
Verse 3:
D
In Jacksonville the sun shines warmer
D7
And the women know how to treat you
G
Detroit ain't got no long white beaches
D
Where the women run down to meet you
D
All they do in Detroit City is
D7
Put wheels on the cold road steel
Chorus 3:
Bm
When the sun goes down on me tonight
G D
I'll be home in Jacksonville
G D
Home in Jacksonville
Outro:
D7 D D7 D
Song History
Published: March 2, 2026
Last Updated: March 2, 2026