Intro
| [C] | [G7/C] [G7] | [G7] | [G7] | [C] |
Chorus
[C]
I wanna go home
[F]
I wanna go home
[C] [G] [C]
Oh, how I wanna go home
Verse 1
[G] [C]
Last night I went to sleep in Detroit city
[G] [C]
And I dreamed about those cotton fields at home
[F]
I dreamed about my mother, dear old papa, sister and brother
[D]
I dreamed about that girl
[D7] [G]
Who's been waiting for so long
Chorus
[C]
I wanna go home
[F]
I wanna go home
[C] [G] [C]
Oh, how I want to go home
Interlude
| [C] | [G7/C] [G7] | [G7] | [G7] |
Verse 2
[C] [G] [C]
Home folks think I'm big in Detroit city
[G] [C]
From the letters that I write they think I'm fine
[F]
But by day I make the cars
[C]
And by night I make the bars
[D] [D7] [G]
If only they could read between the lines
Bridge
[C] [G] [C]
You know, I rode a freight train north to Detroit city
[G] [C]
After all these years I find I've just been wastin' my time
[F] [C]
So I just think I'll take my foolish pride, put on a southbound train and ride
[D] [G]
And go on back to the loved ones, the ones I left waitin' so far behind
Chorus
[C]
I wanna go home
[F]
I wanna go home
[C] [G] [C]
Oh, how I want to go home
Chorus
[C]
I wanna go home
[F]
I wanna go home
[C] [G] [C]
Oh, how I want to go home...
Outro
[F] [C]
(Aaah...,aaah
[F]
(I wanna go home)
[C] [G] [C]
(Oh, how I want to go home)
[F]
(I wanna go home.., I wanna go home)
