Waylon Jennings - Detroit City guitar chord
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.
