Detroit City chords by Tennessee Ernie Ford

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Verse 1
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Last night,
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I went to sleep in Detroit City
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And I dreamed about the
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cotton fields and 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 the girl
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who's been waiting for me so long
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I want to go home.
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I want to go home.
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Oh, how I want to go home.
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Home 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 the day, I make the cars
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By the night, I make the bars
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If only they could read between the lines
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I want to go home
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I want to go home
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Oh, how I want to go home
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Cause you know I rode a freight train
north to Detroit City
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And after all these years I find
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I've just been wasting my time
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So I just think I'll take my foolish pride
And put it on a south
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bound freight and ride
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And go on back to the loved ones
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The ones that I left waiting so far behind
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I want to go home
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I want to go home
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Oh, how I want to go home
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Oh, how I want to go home
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Oh, how I want to go home