Detroit City lyrics chords

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Detroit City lyrics and chords are intended for your personal use, it's really a good song written and recorded by Mel Tillis. You can learn to play and sing this pretty classic, it has simple chords.

Detroit City

by Mel Tillis

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Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City

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And I dreamed about those cotton fields and home

  C                                G

I dreamed about my mamma  dear old papa sister and brother

      A7                                  D7

And I dreamed about the girl who has been waiting for so long

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I wanna go home  I wanna go home

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Oh how I wanna go home

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Home folks think I'm big in Detroit City

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From the letters that I write they think I'm fine

       C                       G

But by day I make the cars  by night I'm a makin' the bars

   A7                               D7

If only they could read between the lines

recitation:

As you know I rode a long black freight train

Way up north to Detroit City

But after all these years I find that well

I've just been wastin' my time

But you know what I think I'm gonna do folks

I'm gonna take my foolish pride

And put it on a Southbound freight and ride

           G     G7         C

I wanna go home  I wanna go home

G        D7       G

Oh how I wanna go home

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Mel Tillis wrote this pretty song and originally let Bobby Bare record it because of the recitation lines. Mel had concerns about his stuttering when he got to the talking part, but later recorded it and did an outstanding job. You can find the song in Pure Country Music, just click their banner below. Copy and paste Detroit City lyrics and chords, it's really a nice song to do.