Detroit City
         by Bobby Bare 


     D               A                D
Last night I went to sleep in Detroit city
                          A                 D    
And I dreamed about those cotton fields and home
  G           
I dreamed about my mother,
         D
Dear old papa, sister and brother
  E                                  A
I dreamed about that girl who's been waiting for so long


Chorus:

             D      
I want to go home
             G
I want to go home
D           A          D
Lord how, I want to go home



     D               A              D
Home folks think I'm big in Detroit city   
                        A                     D    
From the letters that I write, they think I'm fine
       G
But by day I make the cars
         D
By night I make the bars
   E                    A
If only they could read between the lines

Chorus

Spoken:
'Cause you know I rode a freight train north to Detroit City
And after all these years I find I've just been wasting my time.
So I think I'll just take my foolish pride and put it on the          
   south bound freight and ride
And go on back to the loved ones, the ones I left waiting so 
   far behind.