Detour

	  		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.