Detour Chords
by Elton Britt
Detour by Elton Britt is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, D7, A, G, G7 and A7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
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.