Eb7 Ab
Detour there's a muddy road ahead
Bb7 Eb
Detour paid no mind to what I said
Eb Ab
Detour oh these bitter thing's I find
       Eb  Bb7       Eb   Ab   Eb
Should have read that detour sign
   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
Eb7 Ab
Detour there's a muddy road ahead
Bb7 Eb
Detour paid no mind to what I said
Eb Ab
Detour oh these bitter thing's I find
       Eb  Bb7       Eb   Ab   Eb
Should have read that detour sign
   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
Eb7 Ab
Detour there's a muddy road ahead
Bb7 Eb
Detour paid no mind to what I said
Eb Ab
Detour oh these bitter thing's I find
       Eb  Bb7       Eb   Ab   Eb
Should have read that detour sign
 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
Eb7 Ab
Detour there's a muddy road ahead

Bb7 Eb
Detour paid no mind to what I said
Eb Ab
Detour oh these bitter thing's I find
       Eb  Bb7       Eb   Ab   Eb
Should have read that detour sign