Intro 
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I wanna go home....I wanna go home 
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Oh, how I wanna go home. 

Verse 
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Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City. 
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And, I dreamed about those cotton fields and home. 
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I dreamed about my mother, dear old papa, sister and brother,       
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and I dreamed about the girl.... who?s been waiting for so long. 
  

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I wanna go home....I wanna go home 
G          D7       C 
Oh, how I wanna go home. 

Instrumental 
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Verse 
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Home folks think I'm big in Detroit City 
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From the letters that I write , they think I'm fine. 
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By day I make the cars.....by night I make the bars 
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If only they could only read between the lines... 

Verse 
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Cause you know... I rode a freight train north to Detroit City, 
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And after all these years , I find I've just been wasting my time. 
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So I just think I?ll take my foolish pride  
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and put it on a south bound freight and ride 
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and go on back to the loved ones  
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The ones I left waiting so far behind 


[Refrão]
NC         G                  C 
I wanna go home....I wanna go home 
G         D7       G 
Oh, how I wanna go home. 

Outro 
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G D G D G D    G# D# G# D# G# D#    G  ( end)