| C | F | C | |
| I WANNA GO HOME, | I WANNA GO | HOME, |
| G | C | |
| OH HOW I | WANNA GO HOME |
| C | G | C | |
| LAST NIGHT I WENT TO | SLEEP IN DETROIT CITY |
| G | C | |
| AND I DREAME | D ABOUT THE COTTON FIELDS AND HOME |
| F | C | |
| I DREAMED ABOUT MY MOTHER, DEAR OLD | PAPA, |
| SISTER AND BROTHER |
| D | |
| AND I DREAMED | ABOUT THE GIRL |
| G | G7 | |
| WHO'S BEEN WAITING | FOR SO LONG |
| CHORUS |
| C | G | C | |
| HOMEFOLKS THINK I'M BIG | IN DETROIT CITY |
| G | C | |
| FROM THE LETTER | S THAT I WRITE THEY THINK I'M | FINE |
| F | C | |
| BUT BY | DAY I MAKE THE CARS,BY NIGHT I MAKE THE BARS |
| D | G | |
| IF THEY CO | ULD ONLY READ BETWEEN THE LINES |
| RECITATION |
| C | |
| CAUSE YOU KNOW I ROAD A FREIGHT TRAIN |
| G | C | |
| NORTH TO DETROIT CITY |
| G | |
| AND AFTER | ALL THESE YEARS I FIND I'VE JUST BEEN |
| G | |
| WASTING MY TIME |
| C | F | |
| SO I THINK I'LL | TAKE MY FOOLISH PRIDE AND PUT IT ON A |
| SOUTH BOUND FREIGHT |
| D | |
| TAKE A | RIDE AND GO BACK TO THE LOVED ONES |
| G | |
| THE ONES I | LEFT BEHIND |
| CHORUS |