Chords for Mel Tillis & Del Reeves - Detroit City

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Mel Tillis & Del Reeves - Detroit City chords
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Oh, Chase Webber, you too much, my boy.
Where'd my fiddlers go?
I don't
They'll be here in a minute.
Don't worry about them.
Listen, I want [G] to ask you a personal question.
I know that over 150 times
You let that baby have a cigarette if it wants one.
It's all right.
Bless his heart.
Over 150 times this song's been recorded, and you never did.
You recorded Detroit City, and everybody knows you wrote it.
You wrote it.
Well, that's, uh
true, Dale.
I didn't record it, but
I tell you, it's got a talking part in it, and
This is only a half hour show.
Cool it, my boy.
[Dm] It's
It had [G] a
talking part in it.
And if I'd have rec
If I'd have recorded it, it'd have been a record that big, and they don't make them.
But I tell you
I tell you what, I tell [Eb] you
Just don't count on that smart-ass.
All right, okay.
I'm gonna do it.
Okay.
Can I help you do the talking part?
Yes, you can.
Let me get it up a little bit.
No, I [D] ain't gonna get hung up in it.
I don't think.
But if I do, you can help me.
All right.
Okay, therefore
Go ahead.
We're ready.
I wanna go home.
[G] I wanna go home.
[D] Oh, [A] Lord, I [D] wanna
Last night I [A] went to sleep in [D] Detroit City.
And [Gbm] [A] I dreamed about those cotton [D] fields and home.
[Em] [G] I dreamed about my mother,
[D] Your old papa, sister and brother.
[E] And I dreamed about the girl
[A] That's been waiting for so long.
I [D] wanna go home.
I [G] wanna go home.
[Bm] [D] Oh, [A] Lord, I wanna
[D] Now the home folks [A] think I'm big in [D] Detroit City.
[A] From the letters that I write, they [D] think I'm just fine.
[G] By day I make the cars,
[D] And by night I'm making the bars.
[E] Lord, if only they could read between the [Em] [A] lines.
[D]
Man, it's tough.
[D] You know, folks,
I rode a freight train north to Detroit City.
And after [A] all these years, I'm still [D] tearing up microphones.
[A] But you know what I think I'm gonna do?
[D] I'm gonna put myself on an Eastbound train.
[G] And let it ride and go on home to the home folks [D] that's been home.
What I wanna do all this time, waiting on me, [E] much too long, folks.
[A] Hey, we [D] got two minutes ahead of time.
[G] I wanna go home.
[D] Oh, [A] Lord, I wanna
I [D] go home.
[D] Well, tell it.
Well, you better tell it.
[B]
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1231
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2131
E
2311
Em
121
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Oh, Chase Webber, you too much, my boy.
Where'd my fiddlers go?
I don't_
They'll be here in a minute.
Don't worry about them.
Listen, I want [G] to ask you a personal question.
I know that over 150 times_
You let that baby have a cigarette if it wants one.
It's all right.
Bless his heart.
Over 150 times this song's been recorded, and you never did.
You recorded Detroit City, and everybody knows you wrote it.
You wrote it.
Well, that's, uh_
true, Dale.
I didn't record it, but_
I tell you, it's got a talking part in it, and_
This is only a half hour show.
Cool it, my boy.
[Dm] It's_
It had [G] a_
talking part in it.
_ _ _ And if I'd have rec_
If I'd have recorded it, it'd have been a record that big, and they don't make them.
But I tell you_
I tell you what, I tell [Eb] you_
Just don't count on that smart-ass.
All right, okay.
I'm gonna do it.
Okay.
Can I help you do the talking part?
Yes, you can.
Let me get it up a little bit.
No, I [D] ain't gonna get hung up in it.
I don't think.
But if I do, you can help me.
All right.
Okay, therefore_
Go ahead.
We're ready. _
_ _ _ I wanna go home. _
[G] I wanna go home.
_ _ [D] Oh, [A] Lord, I [D] wanna_
_ _ Last night I [A] went to sleep in [D] Detroit City.
And [Gbm] [A] I dreamed about those cotton [D] fields and home.
_ [Em] [G] I dreamed about my mother,
[D] Your old papa, sister and brother.
[E] And I dreamed about the girl
[A] That's been waiting for so long.
I [D] wanna go home.
I [G] wanna go home.
_ [Bm] _ [D] Oh, [A] Lord, I wanna_
[D] _ _ _ Now the home folks [A] think I'm big in [D] Detroit City.
_ [A] From the letters that I write, they [D] think I'm just fine.
_ [G] By day I make the cars,
[D] And by night I'm making the bars.
[E] Lord, if only they could read between the [Em] [A] lines.
_ [D] _ _ _
Man, it's tough.
_ [D] You know, folks,
I rode a freight train north to Detroit City.
And after [A] all these years, I'm still [D] tearing up microphones.
_ [A] But you know what I think I'm gonna do?
[D] I'm gonna put myself on an Eastbound train.
[G] And let it ride and go on home to the home folks [D] that's been home.
What I wanna do all this time, waiting on me, [E] much too long, folks. _ _
[A] Hey, we [D] got two minutes ahead of time.
[G] I wanna go home.
_ [D] Oh, [A] Lord, I wanna_
I [D] go home.
_ [D] Well, tell it.
Well, you better tell it.
_ [B]

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