Detour

Words/music-Paul Westmoreland, 1946
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Chorus

-6 7      -6    -6 7 7    7  -6 7
Detour, there's a muddy road ahead.

-6 6     5   5    6   6  6    5   6  
Detour, paid no mind to what it said,

-6 7   -6    -6    7  7    7   -6   7
Detour, oh, these bitter things I find.

   -6   -6    6   -5   5  -4   4
Should have read that detour sign.

Verse 1

 6 -6    7    7     -8  7   8
Headed down life's crooked road,

 6  -6     7   7 -8 7     8
Lots of things I never knowed,

 6  6   -6  7  7   7   7   5 -6   6
Because of me not knowing now I pine.

  6 -6   7 -6   6   -6
Trouble yet in the trail, 

  6    5   -4   4    4   -4    4
Spent the next five years in jail--

-6      -6   6 
Should have read (should have read)

-5   5 -4    4
That detour sign.

chorus

Verse 2

When I got right to the place
Where it said "about face,"
I thought that all my worries were behind.
But the further I go more sorrow I know.
Should have read(should have read) 
That detour sign

chorus

Verse 3

When I got stuck in the mud
All my hopes dropped with a thud.
I guess that my heart strings are made of twine.
Have not will power to get 
From the hole I'm in yet
Shoudl have read (should have read)
That detour sign

chorus 

Should have read that detour sign.

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