Bobby Bare – Detroit City (Guitar Acoustic Tab)

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Title: Detroit City Author and Copyright: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.) Capo: 2, optionally Time: 4/4, Tempo Q=110, beats on eighths are marked '+'. The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position. Use thumb-fretting when appropriate.

[Intro] 
            +     +       +                +     +       +               +      +       +
E|----------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
B|----------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
G|----------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|------5---------5-------5---|--------5---------5-------5---|--------6---------6-------6---|
A|-3--------3---------3-------|-3/4--------4---------4-------|-4/5--------5---------5-------|
E|----------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|

            +     +       +     C       +       +                   +       +
E|----------------------------|--------------------------|----------0---0------------|
B|----------------------------|--------------------------|------------------4--\3----|
G|----------------------------|---------0-------0--------|---------------------------|
D|------5---------5-------5---|-----2---------------2----|------2---------------2----|
A|-4--------4---------4-------|-3------------------------|-3------------3------------|
E|----------------------------|-------------3------------|---------------------------|
                                                                    I   wanna   go

[Chorus]
   C        +       +                 +       +        F        +       +                 +       +
E|-------------------------|----------5---5---4--\3--|-1a----------------------|-------------------------|
B|-1a----------------------|-------------------------|-1a----------------------|-------------------------|
G|-0a-------0-------0------|-------------------------|-2a-------2-------2------|----------2-------2------|
D|------2---------------2--|------2---------------2--|------3---------------3--|------3---------------3--|
A|-3a----------------------|-3------------0----------|--------------0----------|--------------0----------|
E|--------------3----------|-------------------------|-1a----------------------|-1-----------------------|
   home,                              I wanna     go   home

   C        +       +         G6       +       +        C        +       +                 +       +
E|-3a-------------------/5--|-0a----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-1a-----------------------|-0a---------------4--\3--|-1a----------------------|----------------------1--|
G|-0a-------0-------0-------|-0a-------0--------------|-0a-------0-------0------|----------0-------0------|
D|------2----------------2--|------0---------------0--|------2---------------2--|------2---------------2--|
A|-3a-----------------------|--------------2----------|-3a----------------------|-3-----------------------|
E|--------------3-----------|-3a----------------------|--------------3----------|--------------3----------|
   Oh,          how      I    wan-             na  go   home                                           Last

[Verse]
   C        +       +        G        +       +        C        +       +                +        +
E|-0a-------0---0-------0--|-3a-------3---3------p0--|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-1a----------------------|-0a----------------------|-3a--p1------------------|--------------1-------1--|
G|-0a---------------0------|-0a---------------0------|-0a-------0-------0------|----------0-------0------|
D|------2---------------2--|------0---------------0--|------2---------------2--|------2---------------2--|
A|-3a----------------------|-------------------------|-3a----------------------|-3-----------------------|
E|--------------3----------|-3a-----------3----------|--------------3----------|--------------3----------|
   night       I went     to   sleep       in Detroit       City                              And     I

   F        +       +        F        +       +        C        +       +        C7       +       +
E|-5a---5-------5-------7--|-8a---8-------7------\5--|-3a----------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-10a---------------------|-1a----------------------|------------------1------|
G|-5a-------5-------0------|-10a------10------0------|-0a-------0-------0------|----------3--------------|
D|------3---------------0--|------10--------------0--|------2---------------2--|------2---------------2--|
A|-0a-----------0----------|-0------------0----------|-3a----------------------|-3-----------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------3----------|--------------3----------|
   dreamed   a- bout    those cotton      fields  at   home                                           I

   F        +       +                 +       +        C   +       +      +            +       +      +
E|-5a-------5---5-------3--|-5a---1------------------|-0a-h3-------3------5--\3--|-0a------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-1a------------------------|-1a--3--p1--------------1--|
G|-5a---------------5------|-5a-------2-------2------|-0a------------------------|-0a----------0------0------|
D|------3---------------0--|------3---------------3--|---------2--------------2--|---------2--------------2--|
A|-0a-----------0----------|-0a-----------0----------|-3a--------------3---------|-3a------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------3---------|
   dreamed  a-  bout    my   mother,         dear old  papa,       sister     and  brother,             I

   D        +       +        D-long   +       +        G             +        G        +       +
E|----------0---2--h3------|-5a---------------5------|-7a---3----5-------0--|----------0---0----------|
B|-3a----------------------|-3a----------------------|-0a-------------------|-3----------------4--\3--|
G|-2a----------------------|-2a-------2--------------|-0a------------0------|-0-----------------------|
D|------0---------------0--|------0---------------0--|------0------------0--|------0---------------0--|
A|-0a-----------0----------|-0a-----------0----------|-----------0----------|--------------2----------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-7a-------------------|-3-----------------------|
   dreamed    about that     girl,         who's been  waiting   for     so   long.        I  wanna   go

[Chorus] ... as above ... [Verse] ... as above ... Home folks think I'm big in Detroit City From the letters that I write they think I'm fine But by day I make the cars, by night I make the bars If only they could read between the lines [Verse] ... spoken ... Cause you know, I rode a freight train north to Detroit City And after all these years I find that I've just been wastin' my time So I just think I'll take my foolish pride, and put it on a southbound freight and ride Go on back to the loved ones, The ones that I left waitin' so far behind [Chorus] ... as above ... ************************************ | h Hammer-on | p Pull-off | / Slide up | \ Slide down ************************************