Detroit City chords by Arne Benoni

  • D

  • Eb

    6
  • A

  • G

  • Bm

    2
  • E

  • B

    2
  • F#m

    2
Intro 1
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Verse 1
Wanna Go Home
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I wanna go home
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I wanna I wanna go home
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Last night I went to
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sleep in Detroit City
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And I dreamed about those
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cotton fields back home
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I dreamed about my mother,
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dear old papa, sister, and brother
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And I dreamed about that girl,
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who's been waiting for so long
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I want to go home,
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I want to go home
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Home folks think I'm big
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in Detroit City
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From the letters that I write,
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they think I'm fine
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But by day I make the cards,
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and by night I make the bars
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Oh, if only they could read
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F#m
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between the lines
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You know, I rode the freight train
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north to Detroit City
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And after all these years
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I've found
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I've just been wasting my time
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So I think I'll take my foolish pride
And put it on the south
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bound freight and
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Going back to my loved ones,
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the ones I left waiting so far behind.
F#m
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I wanna go home.
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I wanna go home.
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Oh, how I wanna go home.
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I wanna go home
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I wanna go home
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Oh, I wanna go home
Outro 1
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