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Detour Ahead

Bill Evans

JazzAdvanced for beginners19 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Cm7Diagram coming soon
F#Diagram coming soon
B7Diagram coming soon
Fm7Diagram coming soon
Em7
Am×
D7××
Dm7Diagram coming soon
G7
Gm7Diagram coming soon
C7×
BbDiagram coming soon
Am7×
AbDiagram coming soon
F#m7Diagram coming soon
Em
DbDiagram coming soon
E7
Eb9Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Cm7   F#(13)  B7 
Smooth road, clear day 
 
      Fm7     Em7  Am 
But why am I the only one 
 
D7                 Dm7  G7 
trav'ling this way? 
 
Gm7                   C7                          Fm7 Bb(13) 
How strange the road to love should be so easy, 
 
Cm7               Am7      Ab(13) Dm7 G7 
Can there be a detour ahead? 
 
 
Cm7 F#(13) 
Wake  up,  
 
B7 
slow down, 
 
    Fm7     Em7         Am 
Before you crash and break your heart, 
 
D7          Dm7 G7 
Gullible clown, 
 
Gm7                   C7                  Fm7        Bb(13) 
 You fool, you're headed in the wrong direction. 
 
Cm7               Am  F#m7 
Can't you see the detour ahead? 
 
B7      Em 
   The further you travel, 
      B7                              Em7 
the harder to unravel the web 
                   F#m7      B7 
she spins around you; 
        Em 
turn back while there's time, 
               B7 
can't you see the danger sign? 
        Em7             Db(13) 
soft shoulders surround you. 
 
 
Cm7    F#(13)  B7 
smooth road,   clear night, 
 
     Fm7  Em7      Am  
Oh lucky me that suddenly  
 
D7           Dm7 G7 
i saw the light; 
 
Gm7               C7                    Fm7    Bb 
    i'm turning back away from all this trouble, 
 
Cm7    E7 
smooth road, 
 
Am7      Eb9 
smooth road, 
 
     D7     G7sus 
no detour  
 
G7    Cm7 (G7) 
 A  -  head. 
          
 

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Chord set

Cm7 · F# · B7 · Fm7 · Em7 · Am · D7 · Dm7 · G7 · Gm7 · C7 · Bb · Am7 · Ab · F#m7 · Em · Db · E7 · Eb9

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.