Tom Jones – Detroit City (Ukulele)

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#27 in 1967. #1.
E                     B                E
Last night, I went to sleep in Detroit City.

  B                                    E
I dreamed about them cotton fields and home.

E A                                 E
I dreamed about my Mother, dear old Pappy,

                          F#
sister and brother..and I dreamed about that girl,

           B
who`s been waiting for so long.
CHORUS:
B          E                A
I wanna go home..I wanna go home.

E         B        E
Oh, how I wanna go home.
#2.
E                    B              E
Home folks think I`m big in Detroit City.

E                       B                          E
From the letters that I write, they think I`m just fine.
(Yes, they do.)
       A                            E
But by day, I make the cars, and by night, I make the bars.

   F#                               B
If only they could read between the lines.
SPOKEN:Ad lib.
B
Cause you know I rode a freight train north,

           E
to Detroit City.

E         B
And after all these years I find, I`ve just been 

           E
wasting my time.

                                 A
You know what I`m gonna do?..I`m gonna take my foolish pride,

            E
get it on a southbound freight and let it ride.

    F#                                   B
I`m gonna go back to the loved ones..the ones that I left
waiting so far behind. CHORUS:
B          E                A
I wanna go home..I wanna go home.

E         B        E
Oh, how I wanna go home.
(Can`t you hear me?) CHORUS:
B          E                A
I wanna go home..I wanna go home.

E         B        E
Oh, how I wanna go home.
(Somebody help me!) OUTRO:
B          E                A
I wanna go home..I wanna go home.

E         B        E
Oh, how I wanna go home.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.