DETOUR
Recorded by Elton Britt
Written by Paul Westmoreland
D Headed down life's D7 crooked D road
Lot of things I D7 never D knowed
And the cause of me not D7 knowin', I now A pine
Trouble D got in the D7 trail
Spent the G next five years in G7 jail
Should have A read - that A7 DE-TOUR D sign.
CHORUS
DE-{G} TOUR, there's a G7 muddy road a-{G} head
DE-{D} TOUR, paid no D7 mind to what it D said
DE-{G} TOUR, oh, these G7 bitter things I G find
Should have A read - that A7 DE-TOUR D sign.
When I got right to the place, where it said "about face"
I thought that all my worries were behind
But the farther I go - the more sorrow I know
Should have read that DETOUR sign.
CHORUS
When I got stuck in the mud, all my hopes dropped with a "thud"
I guess that my heart's strings are made of twine
Had no will power to get - from the hole that I'm in yet
Should have read that DETOUR sign.