xDetroit City (G)I want to go home, I want to go (C)home, (G)Oh Lord, I (D)want to go (G)home, Last night I went to (D)sleep in Detroit (G)city, And I dreamed about those (D)cotton fields and (G)home, I (C)dreamed about my mother, dear old (G)papa, sister and brother, And I (D)dreamed about that girl, whose been waitin' for so long, Chorus I want to go (G)home, I want to go (C)home, (G)Oh Lord, I (D)want to go (G)home, Ê Home folks think I'm (D)big in Detroit (G)city, From the letters that I (D)write they think I'm (G)fine, But by (C)day I make the cars, by (G)night I make the bars, If (D)only they could read between the lines, I want to go (G)home, I want to go (C)home, (G)Oh Lord, I (D)want to go (G)home, I rode a freight train (D)north to Detroit (G)city, After all these years I've been (D)wasting my (G)time, I'll (C)take my foolish pride, on a (G)southbound freight and ride, Go on (D)back to the ones, ÊI've left waitin' so far behind, Ê I want to go (G)home, I want to go (C)home, (G)Oh Lord, I (D)want to go (G)home.
