Detroit City
         by Bobby Bare 
  (traditional chord progression)

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


Chorus:

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



     G               D              G
Home folks think I'm big in Detroit city   
                        D                     G    
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
   A                    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.