Detroit or Buffalo Lyrics

by Melanie

Melanie Detroit or Buffalo Lyrics

Composer: Barbara Keith
I don't exactly play it the way Melanie does, but it's pretty close. I tend to improv.
Riff 1: Riff 2:
us4
Intro: Riff 1 x 4
Verse1:
Riff 1
People expect you to fall and
Riff 2
Hit that same old wall
Riff 1 Riff 2
Really they don't wanna help at all
Riff 1
They talk behind your back today
Riff 2
They shake their heads and say
Riff 1
Gee, I always that the girl
Riff 2
Would come to no good anyway
Chorus:
God knows everybody's gotta go sometime
And I'm taking the train to the end of the line
F C G (open)Riff 1
Missing that boy a mile at a time
Verse 2: Same as Verse 1
I haven't been too well myself
Too much time upon the shelf
Saying that I don't need help
When I do, I do
But still I think I'm gonna be just fine
A lot of friends, a little wine
Still I'm wishing, I could see you again sometime
Pre-Chorus:
Gonna pack my bags and go
To Detroit or Buffalo
And if anybody wants to know where
You don't know, you don't know
Chorus:
God knows everybody's gotta go sometime
And I'm taking the train to the end of the line
F C G (open)C
Missing that boy a mile at a time
Solo:
Riff 1 x 4
Verse 3: Same as Verse 1
It's hard to open up that door
Like you done so many times before
Sometimes you think, you just can't do it anymore
And you take a chance and you take a train
Out into the pouring rain
And all you got there, is your suitcase full of pain
Verse 4: Same as Verse 1
(Not going to bother with the words - it's mostly listing towns)
Outro Solo:
(Forgive me for it not being done - I usually just start it and go off on a tangent.)

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