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   Bb7         Eb    Ab   Eb
   Should have read that detour sign.
 


Verse II.

          Eb
   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
   Trouble got in the trail. Spent the next five years in jail.

               Bb7              Eb     Eb7
   Should have read that detour sign.



(Repeat Verse I)



Verse III.

          Eb
   When I got right to the place, Where it said about face.

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

           Eb
   But the farther I go the more sorrow I know.

               Bb7              Eb     Eb7
   Should have read that detour sign.



(Repeat Verse I)



Verse IV.

          Eb
   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
   Had no will power to get from the hole that I'm in yet.

               Bb7              Eb     Eb7
   Should have read that detour sign.



(Repeat Verse I)