Detour
By Jerry Jeff Walker
Written by Paul Westmoreland
Album: Navajo Rug (1991)
Tabbed by Larry Mofle
6/3/2021

D
Travelin' down life's crooked road, lots of things there that I never knowed
D                                A
Because of me not knowin', I now pine
        D                            G
Trouble got on my trail, I spent the next five years in a jail
              A                D 
I should have read that detour sign


Chorus:
  G 
Detour - there's a muddy road ahead
  D 
Detour - paid no mind to what is said
  G
Detour - all these bitter things I find
            A                D
Should have read that detour sign


Well, when I got to the place where that sign told at my face
Well, I figured all of my worries were behind 
But the further I go, I find more chuck holes there in the road
I should have read that detour sign

Chorus

Solo

Well, I got stuck down in the mud, all my hopes fell there with a thud
I felt like my heartstrings were made of twine
I had no power to get from that hole that I was in yet
I should have read that detour sign

Chorus