Detroit City Bobby Bare
I WANNA GO[C] HOME, [C7] I WANNA GO [F] HOME, [FM]
[C]OH HOW I[G] WANNA GO [C] HOME
[C]LAST NIGHT I WENT TO [G]SLEEP IN DETROIT [C]CITY
AND I [G]DREAMED ABOUT THE COTTON FIELDS AND [C]HOME[C7]
[F]I DREAMED ABOUT MY MOTHER, DEAR OLD [C]PAPA SISTER
AND BROTHER AND I [D] DREAMED ABOUT THE GIRL WHO'S BEEN [G] WAITING FOR SO LONG
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[C] HOMEFOLKS THINK I'M [G] BIG IN DETROIT [C] CITY
FROM THE [G] LETTERS THAT I WRITE THEY THINK I'M[C] [C7] FINE
[F] BUT BY DAY I MAKE THE CARS BY [C] NIGHT I MAKE THE BARS
[D] IF THEY COULD ONLY READ BETWEEN THE LINES [G]
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RECITATION
[C] CAUSE YOU KNOW I RODE A FREIGHT TRAIN NORTH TO
[G] DETROIT CITY [C]
AND AFTER ALL THESE YEARS I FIND I'VE JUST BEEN
WASTING MY TIME [G]
[C] SO I THINK I'LL[F] TAKE MY FOOLISH PRIDE AND PUT IT ON A
SOUTH BOUND FREIGHT
AND RIDE A[D]ND GO BACK TO THE LOVED ONES
THE ONES I[G] LEFT BEHIND
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techno17 (report)
I tried to IMPROVE this song..but it reverted to the original...SCREW IT!!!!