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Detroit City (I Wanna Go Home) Chords
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[Verse 1] [D]I w[G]an [A]na go hom[D]e... I wanna go [G]home... [D]Oh, how I [A]want to go [D]home... Last night, I went to [A]sleep in Detroit [D]City And [A]dreamed about the life I left at [D]home I [G]dreamed about my mother, dear old [D]papa, sister and [Bm]brother I [E]dreamed about that girl who's been [A]waiting for so long I [F#m]wanna [A]go [D]home, I wanna go [G]home [D]Oh, how I [A]want to go [D]home Home folks think I'm [A]big in Detroit [D]City From the let[A]ters that I write, they think I'm [D]fine But by [G]day I make the calls, by [D]night I make the [Bm]bars If [E]they could only read between the [A]lines [D]As you know, [A]I took a freight train north t[D]o Detroit City An[A]d after all these years, I find that I'm just wasting [D]my time [G]So I think I'll take my foolish pride And put it on a freight [D]train south and [Bm]right [E]And go on back to the loved ones I left [A]so far behind I wanna go [D]home, I wanna go [G]home [D]Oh, how I [A]want to go [D]home Oh, how I [A]want to go [D]home Oh, how I [A]want to go [D]home.
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