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.