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Detroit City - Mel Tillis Chords

Chords: E, F, B, A, Gb, Db, Fb, C

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Genre: country, folk, soul


[Intro]
E F B F E
RIFF:
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----2----2----2------2---2----2-----3---3---3-------------|
E|---0----0----0------1---1----1-----2---2---2---------------|

e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|---2---2----2-----------------------|
E|-1---1----1-----0-------------------|

[Chorus]
E A E B E
I wanna go home, I wanna go home..oh, how I wanna go home.

[Verse]
E B E
Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City.
B E
And I dreamed about those cotton fields and home.
A E
I dreamed about my mother dear, old papa, sister and brother.
Gb B
I dreamed about that girl who's been waiting for so long.

[Chorus]
E A E B E
I wanna go home, I wanna go home, oh, how I wanna go home.

[Verse]
B Gb B
Home folks think I'm big in Detroit City.
Gb B
From the letters that I write they think I'm fine.
E B
But by day I make the cars, by night I make the bars.
Db Fb Db Gb
If only they could read between the lines.

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