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Detour by Patti Page
Detour
(Capo 1st fret.)
CHORUS:
G C
Detour, there's a muddy road ahead,
G
detour, paid no mind to what it said.
C
Detour, oh, these bitter things I find,
D G
should have read, that detour sign.
#1.
G
Headed down life's crooked road, lots of things
D
I never knowed, because of me not knowin', I now pine.
G G7 C
Trouble got in the trail, spent the next five years in jail..
D G
should have read that detour sign.
CHORUS:
G C
Detour, there's a muddy road ahead,
G
detour, paid no mind to what it said.
C
Detour, oh, these bitter things I find,
D G
should have read, that detour sign.
#2.
G
When I got right to the place where it said, 'About Face,'
D
I thought that all my worries were behind.
G G7 C
But the farther I go, the more sorrow I know..
D G
should have read that detour sign.
CHORUS:
G C
Detour, there's a muddy road ahead,
G
detour, paid no mind to what it said.
C
Detour, oh, these bitter things I find,
D G
should have read, that detour sign.
#3.
G
When I got stuck in the mud all my hopes
dropped with a thud..
D
I guess that my heart strings are made of twine.
G G7 C
Have no willpower to get, from the hole that I'm in yet..
D G
should have read that detour sign.
CHORUS:
G C
Detour, there's a muddy road ahead,
G
detour, paid no mind to what it said.
C
Detour, oh, these bitter things I find,
D G
should have read, that detour sign.
OUTRO:
D G
Should have read that detour sign.
D C G
Should have read that detour sign.
Detour!
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version 2
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)
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