Detroit City No. 2:Ben Colder.
#90 on BB Hot 100 on MGM Records in 1963.
(Intro)
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(That's right, Leroy, tune it up with the drum..that sounds real
good.)
(Chorus)
E A
I don't wanna go home (why should I) I don't wanna go home.
E B E
Nobody wants to go home..I'll tell you why.
(Verse 1)
E B E B
Last night I took a nap in Detroit City and I dreamed about my papa's
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old cotton patch.
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My poor back was breaking, both my knees was aching, the redbugs kept
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on bitin' but I didn't have time to scratch.
(Chorus)
E A
I don't wanna go home (why should I) I don't wanna go home.
E B E
Nobody wants to go home.
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(Well, heck-fire, Leroy, I thought you had it in tune there once.
You got a little slippage.)
(Verse 2)
B Gb B Gb
Well, Bobby I hear you're leaving Detroit City, going back to the
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hills in Tennessee.
Em E B Db
But I'll still make the cars and I'll still make the bars, lots of
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crazy little women to keep me company.
(Bridge)
B Gb B
You see, I work in this automobile factory in Detroit City..in the
shock exsorber division.
Gb B
Did you ever look inside one of them shock exsorbers? (No!)
B E
Well, they got a little ole round washer right in the top of 'em.
(Yeah?)
B
And my job is cram this little round washer into every one of them
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shock exsorbers that comes down that long conveyor belt. (Yeah?)
Gbm Gb
Heck, I only been there six years and I'm already the number one
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washer crammer in the whole shock exsorber division. (That's right!)
(Chorus)
E B E
I don't wanna go home (why should I) I don't wanna go home.
B Gb B
Nobody wants go home.
(Outro)
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A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.