Detroit City chords by John Doe, The Sadies

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Verse 1
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G 
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I  want to go home,
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I want to go home
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G 
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Lord, how I want to go home
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C 
Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City
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And I dreamed of those
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cotton fields and homes
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I dreamed about my mother,
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my papa, sister and brother
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I dreamed about that girl
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who's been waiting for so long
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F 
I want to go home, I want to go home
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G 
C 
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Lord, how I want to go home
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Oh, folks think I'm big 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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By night I make the bars
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If only they could read
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Between the lines
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I wanna go home
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I wanna go home
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D 
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Oh, how I want to go home
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I rode a freight train north to Detroit City
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And after all these years
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I found I'm wasting my time
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So I'll take my fool's pride
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Put it on a southbound freighten ride
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Go back to the loved ones
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I left so far behind
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I wanna go home
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I wanna go home
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D 
G 
C 
Lord, how I want to go home
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I wanna go home, I wanna go home,
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I wanna go today
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