Paul Westmoreland

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Headed [G]down life's [G7]crooked [G]road
Lot of things I [G7]never [G]knowed
And the cause of me not [G7]knowin', I now [D]pine
Trouble [G]got in the [G7]trail
Spent the [C]next five years in [C7]jail
Should have [D]read [D7]that detour [G]sign.

   De[C]tour, there's a [C7]muddy road a-[C]head
   De[G]tour, paid no [G7]mind to what it [G]said
   De[C]tour, oh, these [C7]bitter things I [C]find
   Should have [D]read [D7]that detour [G]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.