Verse I.

Eb7  Ab
   De - Tour there's a muddy road ahead,

Bb7  Eb
   De - Tour paid no mind to what I said.

Eb   Ab
   De - Tour oh these bitter thing's I find,

Eb (x43121@3) Bb7 (x13131@1)       Eb (x43121@3)  Ab (xx1114@1) Eb (x43121@3)  Should have read that detour sign.

Verse II.

Eb (x43121@3)  Headed down life's crooked road, Lot of thing's I never knowed.

F#dim     Bb7
   And because of me not knowin'  I   now pine,
 
           Eb (x43121@3)  Trouble got in the trail. Spent the next five years in jail.

Bb7 (x13131@1)            Eb (x43121@3)   Eb7 (x32310@4)  Should have read that detour sign.



(Repeat Verse I)



Verse III.

Eb (x43121@3)  When I got right to the place, Where it said about face.

F#dim   Bb7
   I thought that all my worries  were behind.

Eb (x43121@3)  But the farther I go the more sorrow I know.

Bb7 (x13131@1)            Eb (x43121@3)   Eb7 (x32310@4)  Should have read that detour sign.



(Repeat Verse I)



Verse IV.

Eb (x43121@3)  When I got stuck in the mud, All my hopes dropped with a thud.

F#dim   Bb7
   I guess that my heart strings are made of twine,

Eb (x43121@3)  Had no will power to get from the hole that I'm in yet.

Bb7 (x13131@1)            Eb (x43121@3)   Eb7 (x32310@4)  Should have read that detour sign.



(Repeat Verse I)