Detroit City chords by
Charley Pride
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Key: E major
Chorus 1
E
E

C#
C#

B
B

C#
C#

E
E

E
E

I wanna go home
A
A

I wanna go home
E
E

B
B

E
E

Oh Lord, I wanna go home
Verse 1
E
E

B
B

E
E

Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City
B
B

And I dreamed about
E
E

those cotton fields and home
A
A

I dreamed about my mother
E
E

dear old papa, sister and brother
F#
F#

I dreamed about that girl
B
B

who's been waiting for so long
Chorus 2
E
E

I wanna go home
A
A

I wanna go home
E
E

B
B

E
E

C#
C#

B
B

B
B

Oh Lord, I wanna go home
Verse 2
B
B

F#
F#

B
B

Home folks think I'm big in Detroit City
F#
F#

From the letters that I write
B
B

they think I'm fine
E
E

But by day I make the cars
B
B

by night I make the bars
C#
C#

F#
F#

If only they could read between the lines
Verse 3
B
B

'Cause you know
F#
F#

B
B

I rode a freight train north to Detroit City
F#
F#

And after all these years I find
B
B

I've just been wasting my time
E
E

So I just think I'll take ol' Charley Pride
B
B

put him on a Southbound freight and ride
C#
C#

And go on back to the loved ones
F#
F#

The ones that I left waiting so far behind
Chorus 3
B
B

I wanna go home
E
E

I wanna go home
B
B

F#
F#

B
B

C#
C#

E
E

Oh Lord, I wanna go home
E
E

I wanna go home, I wanna go home
[Fade out]

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ChordsE C# B A F#

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