Detroit City chords by Mel Tillis

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
E F B F E

  RIFF:
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----2----2----2------2---2----2-----3---3---3-------------|
E|---0----0----0------1---1----1-----2---2---2---------------|


e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|---2---2----2-----------------------|
E|-1---1----1-----0-------------------|

Chorus:
E                           A     E         B        E
I wanna go home, I wanna go home..oh, how I wanna go home.


Verse:
E                    B                E
Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City.
      B                                     E
And I dreamed about those cotton fields and home.
  A                                 E
I dreamed about my mother dear, old papa, sister and brother.
  Gb                                 B
I dreamed about that girl who's been waiting for so long.


Chorus:
           E                A     E         B        E
I wanna go home, I wanna go home, oh, how I wanna go home.


Verse:
B                    Gb             B
Home folks think I'm big in Detroit City.
         Gb                                  B
From the letters that I write they think I'm fine.
       E                       B
But by day I make the cars, by night I make the bars.
   Db   Fb         Db               Gb
If only they could read between the lines.


Verse:
C         Gb              B
Cause you know I rode the freight train north to Detroit City.
                    Gb                          B
And after all these years I find I've just been wastin' my time
           E                  A       E
So, I just think I'll take my foolish pride..put it on a Southbound
B
freight and ride.
                      Db
And go on back to the loved ones, the ones that I left waitin'
   Gb
so far behind.

Outro:
           B                E     B         Gb       B
I wanna go home, I wanna go home, oh, how I wanna go home.