1.

     G       /       D        /      |G   / / 
Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City,
/    |D        /           /      /         |G   / / / 
And I dreamed a-bout those cotton fields and home,
  C         /       /    /          |G    /          /      /
I dreamed a-bout my mamma,  dear old papa sister and brother,
     |A         /        /        /       |D       /      /
And I dreamed a-bout the girl who has been waiting for so long.

chorus:

  /       |G   / /    /       |C   / / /
I wanna go home,    I wanna go home,
D  /     /   /    |G   / / / |
Oh how I wan-na go home.

2.

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'm a makin' the bars,
If only they could read between the lines.

chorus:

3.

(spoken)
'cause you know I rode the freight train north to Detroit City,
And after all these years I find 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,
And go on back to the loved ones ....
The ones that I left waitin' so far behind.

chorus: