Detroit City
Written By: Danny Dill & Mel Tillis(1963)
Performed by: Waylon Jennings & Bobby Bare


INTRO:  INSTRUMENTAL NOTES 

G-D-G-D-G-D    G#-D#-G#-D#-G#-D#
G-D-G-D-G-D    G#-D#-G#-D#-G#-D# ---G

CHORUS
G          G                  C 	 
I wanna go home....I wanna go home
G          D7       G
Oh, how I wanna go home.


VERSE ONE
G                     D7               G
Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City.
        D7                                    G   G7
And, I dreamed about those cotton fields and home.
   C                                G
I dreamed about my mother, dear old papa, sister and brother,      
       A                A7                   D              D7            
and I dreamed about the girl.... who’s been waiting for so long.
 

CHORUS
NC         G                  C
I wanna go home....I wanna go home
G          D7       C
Oh, how I wanna go home.


INTRO REPEAT : INSTRUMENTAL

G-D-G-D-G-D    G#-D#-G#-D#-G#-D#
G-D-G-D-G-D    G#-D#-G#-D#-G#-D# ---G


VERSE TWO

G                    D7              G
Home-folks think I’m big in Detroit City
          D7                                   G   G7
From the letters that I write , they think I’m fine.
   C                           G
By day I make the cars.....by night I make the bars
    A                    A7               D7
If only they could only read between the lines...


RECITATION (SPOKEN)
G                           D7                             G
Cause you know... I rode a freight-train north to Detroit City,
          D7                                                 G    G7
And after all these years , I find I’ve just been wasting my time.
     C
So I just think I’ll take my foolish pride 
                G
and put it on a south-bound freight and ride
          A            A7
and go on back to the loved ones 
                 D             D7
The ones I left waiting so far behind




CHORUS
NC         G                  C
I wanna go home....I wanna go home
G         D7       G
Oh, how I wanna go home.


INTRO : REPEAT

G-D-G-D-G-D    G#-D#-G#-D#-G#-D#
G-D-G-D-G-D    G#-D#-G#-D#-G#-D# ---G  ( end)


note: NC means no chord,this generally after a stop.