Detroit City
         by Bobby Bare 
(chords progression by Emerson)

G                    D                G
Last night I went to sleep in Detroit city
      D                                     G    G7
And I dreamed about those cotton fields and home
  C           
I dreamed about my mama
         G
Dear old papa, sister and brother
A7                                                  D
Dreamed about that girl who has been waiting for so long


Chorus:

N/C          G     G7
I want to go home
             C
I want to go home
G         D          G
Oh how, I want to go home



G                    D              G
Home folks think I'm big in Detroit city   
         D                                    G    G7
From the letters that I write, they think I'm fine
       C
But by day I make the cars
   G
By night I make the bars
   A7                               D
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.


Chorus