Detroit City

Mel Tillis

Written by Danny Dill and Mel Tillis

Key of G · Chords: I II IV V

Verse 1

G                    D7               G
Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City
D7                                          G
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

Verse 2

G          G7               C
I wanna go home  I wanna go home
G        D7       G
Oh how I wanna go home

Verse 3

D7                                  G
Home folks think I'm big in Detroit City
D7                                           G
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

Verse 4

recitation:

Verse 5

As you know I rode a long black freight train

Verse 6

Way up north to Detroit City

Verse 7

But after all these years I find that well

Verse 8

I've just been wastin' my time

Verse 9

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

Verse 10

I'm gonna take my foolish pride

Verse 11

And put it on a Southbound freight and ride

Verse 12

G          G7               C
I wanna go home  I wanna go home
G        D7       G
Oh how I wanna go home