Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
E MajorE FF BB FF E MajorE
RIFF:
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----2----2----2------2---2----2-----3---3---3-------------|
E MajorE|---0----0----0------1---1----1-----2---2---2---------------|
e|------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---2---2----2-----------------------|
E MajorE|-1---1----1-----0-------------------|
Chorus:
E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE BB E MajorE
I wanna go home, I wanna go home..oh, how I wanna go home.
Verse:
E MajorE BB E MajorE
Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City.
BB E MajorE
And I dreamed about those cotton fields and home.
A augmentedA E MajorE
I dreamed about my mother dear, old papa, sister and brother.
GbGb BB
I dreamed about that girl who's been waiting for so long.
Chorus:
E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE BB E MajorE
I wanna go home, I wanna go home, oh, how I wanna go home.
Verse:
BB GbGb BB
Home folks think I'm big in Detroit City.
GbGb BB
From the letters that I write they think I'm fine.
E MajorE BB
But by day I make the cars, by night I make the bars.
DbDb FbFb DbDb GbGb
If only they could read between the lines.
Verse:
C majorC GbGb BB
Cause you know I rode the freight train north to Detroit City.
GbGb BB
And after all these years I find I've just been wastin' my time
E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE
So, I just think I'll take my foolish pride..put it on a Southbound
BB
freight and ride.
DbDb
And go on back to the loved ones, the ones that I left waitin'
GbGb
so far behind.
Outro:
BB E MajorE BB GbGb BB
I wanna go home, I wanna go home, oh, how I wanna go home.