| C          | C          | G          | G          |
| C          | C          | D          | G          |

[Verse 1]
       G                                 G
Headed down life's crooked road, lots of things I never knowed,
      G                              D
but because of me not knowin', I now pine.
        G                           C
Trouble got in the trail, spent the next five years in jail,
          D                G
should've read that detour sign.

[Chorus]
  C               C
Detour, there's a muddy road ahead,
  G             G
detour, paid no mind to what it said.
  C               C
Detour, oh, these bitter things I find,
            D                G
should have read that detour sign.

[Verse 2]
       G                               G
When I got right to the place where it said "About Face",
  G                                D
I thought of all my worries were behind.
        G                     C
But the farther I go the more sorrow I know,
            D                G
should have read that detour sign.

[Chorus]
  C               C
Detour, there's a muddy road ahead,
  G             G
detour, paid no mind to what it said.
  C               C
Detour, oh, these bitter things I find,
            D                G
should have read that detour sign, let's go.

[Intro]
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[Verse 3]
       G                            G
When I got stuck in the mud, all my hopes dropped with a thud,
  G                                        D
I guess that my heart strings were made of twine.
        G                         C
Have no willpower to get from the hole that I'm in yet,
            D                G
should have read that detour sign.

[End-Chorus]
  C               C
Detour, there's a muddy road ahead,
  G             G
detour, paid no mind to what it said.
  C               C
Detour, oh, these bitter things I find,
            D                G
should have read that detour sign.
            D                G
Should have read that detour sign
            D                      G
Should have read that detour sign.