Tono: E
Introducción: E B A E
E
I?m a writer and a lover
B
I?m a Midwest music man
A
And I?ve been to a lot of places
E
But I?m gon? end where I began
E
I took class in Carolina
B
Got high smoking joints
A
And now they know my name in Paris
E
But I?ll be buried in Detroit
E B
Next to my father, and my father?s father too
A
I used to live in New York City
E
But baby, that ain?t no substitute
E
Not for my hometown
B
That place people avoid
A
I?ve made love in every city
E
But I?ll be buried in Detroit
E
I don?t claim to be a prophet
B
I just speak my mind
A
I try to tell it like it is
E
And sometimes God makes it rhyme
E
I like my songs how I like my women
B
Honest and to the point
A
You see I got fucked up in Stockholm
E B
Next to my father, and my father?s father too
A
I used to live in New York City
E
But baby, that ain?t no substitute
E
Not for my hometown
B
That place people avoid
A
I?ve made love in every city
E
But I?ll be buried in Detroit
E
You know I ain?t gon? live forever
B
Baby, it won?t be long
A
At the wake they?ll say ?He made a lot of mistakes,
E
But he could write hell of a song?
E
And I made, I made killing
B
Though I never really was employed
A (Pause)
E B A
I killed a show in Indonesia
E (Pause)
E B A
I made love in every city
B A E
But I?ll be buried in Detroit