Detroit City chords by Alan Ladd

SimplifiedG · Abdim · D · C · A

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Abdim
D
C
A

Intro 1

Verse 1

I want to go home

Oh, how I want to go home

Verse 2

Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City

And I dreamed about those

cotton fields and home

I dreamed about my mother

Dear old papa, sister and brother

I dreamed about the girl

Who's been waiting for so long

Verse 3

I want to go home

Oh, how I want to go home

Verse 4
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 (G major) Home folks think I'm  (D major) big in Detroit City  (G major) 
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From the  (D major) letters that I write
G 
they think I'm fine  (G major) 
C 
But by  (C major) day I make the cars
G 
By  (G major) night I make the bars
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If  (A major) only they could read
between the lines
D 
 (D major) 

Verse 5
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 (G major) 
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'Cause you know  (A major) I  rode a
D 
G 
 (D major) freight train North to Detroit  (G major) City
D 
 (D major) And after all these years I've found
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I've just been wasting my time  (G major) 
C 
So I think I'm gon (C major) na
pack my foolish pride
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Put it on a  (G major) Southbound freight and let it ride
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 (A major) Get on home to the loved ones
D 
The ones I  (D major) left waiting so far behind