Detour Ahead chords by Ella Fitzgerald

SimplifiedD · Bm · Bbaug · Bbdim · A …

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D
Bm
Bbaug
Bbdim
A
C#m
F#
E
Fm
Em
F
F#m
C#
Am
C#dim
C

Verse 1
D 
Bm 
Bbaug 
Bbdim 
A 
 (D major)  (B minor)  (B flataug)  (B flatdim) Smooth    (A major) 
D 
road, clear day  (D major) 
C#m 
F# 
But  (C sharp minor) why am I the  (F sharp major) only one
Bm 
E 
 (B minor) travelin' this  (E major) way?
Fm 
Em 
A 
D 
 (F minor) How  (E minor) strange--the  (A major) road road  (D major) to love
F 
F#m 
should be so easy  (F major)  (F sharp minor) 
Bbaug 
E 
Can't you see the detour  (B flataug) ahead?    (E major) 
F#m 
 (F sharp minor) Wake

Verse 2
C#m 
A 
E 
D 
 (C sharp minor)  (A major) up, slow  (E major) down  (D major) 
C#m 
Bbdim 
Before you  (C sharp minor) crash and  (B flatdim) break your
Bm 
E 
heart, gullible  (B minor) clown  (E major) 
Em 
 (E minor) You fool, you're headed
D 
F 
in  (D major) the wrong  (F major) direction
F#m 
Bm 
 (F sharp minor) Can't you  (B minor) see the de
D 
A 
 (D major) tour  (A major) ahead?
C#m 
D 
 (C sharp minor) The further you travel,  (D major) the harder

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Verse 3

to unravel the web

She spins around you

Turn back while there's time

Don't you see the danger sign?

Soft shoulders sur round you

Smooth road, clear

Verse 4
Em 
D 
 (E minor) night  (D major) 
Bm 
Oh, lucky me  (B minor) that sud
Bbdim 
Bm 
 (B flatdim) denly I   (B minor) saw the light
Bbaug 
Em 
C#dim 
 (B flataug) I'm  (E minor) turning back  (C sharpdim) away
D 
C 
 (D major) from all that sor (C major) row
D 
F#m 
A 
F#m 
D 
 (D major)  (F sharp minor) Smooth  (A major) road,  (F sharp minor) clear  (D major) day
A 
D 
No detour  (A major) ahead  (D major) 
C#m 
 (C sharp minor) The further

Verse 5
you travel,
D 
C# 
Fm 
 (D major) the harder to unravel  (C sharp major) the  (F minor) web
F# 
D 
She  (F sharp major) spins  (D major) around you
C#m 
 (C sharp minor) Turn  back while there's time
D 
 (D major) Don't you see the danger sign?
C# 
C#m 
A 
Soft shoulders  (C sharp major)  (C sharp minor) surround  (A major) you
Bbaug 
A 
F#m 
 (B flataug) Smooth    (A major)  (F sharp minor) road,

Verse 6
D 
 (D major) clear night
C#m 
Bm 
Oh, lucky  (C sharp minor) me that  (B minor) suddenly
Bbdim 
Fm 
I saw the light  (B flatdim)  (F minor) 
Em 
 (E minor) I'm turning back away
D 
F 
 (D major) from all that sor (F major) row
A 
D 
A 
D 
 (A major) Smooth  (D major)  (A major) road,  (D major) clear day
A 
E 
Bm 
E 
Em 
No detour  (A major)  (E major)  (B minor)  (E major)  (E minor) 
D 
A 
D 
F# 
A 
 (D major) ahead  (A major)  (D major)  (F sharp major)  (A major) 