Song Name: | Detroit City | By: | Tom Jones/ Bobby Bare |
Posted By: | aussie | Difficulty: | Beginner |
Key: | Any | Genre: | General |
Harp Type: | Any | ||
Created: | 2006-10-08 02:10:48 | Modified: | 2009-03-13 04:03:12 |
Song: | intro
5 5 5 -4 4 -6 -6 -6 6 -5 6 6 -6 5 5 -4 4 -4 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 -4 4 Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City 5 -5 6 6 6 6 -6 6 6 -5 5 and I dreamed about those cotton fields and home 6 -6 6-6 6 6 -5 5 -5 6 6 6 -6 I dreamed about my mother dear old papa sister 6 5 4 and brother 4 4 -4 5-5 -5 6 5 5 6 5 and I dreamed about the girl who`s been waiting -5 4 -4 for so long (Chorus) 5 5 5 -4 4 I wanna go home -6-6 -6 6 -5 I wanna go home 6 6 -6 5 5 -4 4 Oh how I wanna go home (verse 2) -4 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 -4 4 5 The home folks think I`m big in Detroit City 5 - 6 6 6 6 -6 6 6 -5 5 from the letters I write they think I`m fine 6 -6 -6 -6 6 -5 5 -5 6 6 6 -6 by day I make the cars but by night I make the 5 bars 4 4-4 5 -5 6 5 -4 4 -5 if only they could read between the lines (Repeat Chorus) (Spoken)As you know I rode a freight train north to Detroit City and after all these years I find I`ve been wasting my time so I think I`ll take my foolish pride and put it on south-bound freight and ride going back to the loved ones the ones I left waiting so far behind (Repeat Chorus to end with) |