Detour Ahead Chords by Ella Fitzgerald

Tempo:
165.6 bpm
Chords used:

Bb

Cm

Bbm

B

Eb

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Detour Ahead - Ella Fitzgerald chords
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[Bb] [Bbm] [Cm] [B]
[E]
[Bb] [Gm] Smooth road,
[Bbm] clear day
[Cm] But why [Dm] am I [Cm] the [F] only [C] one traveling this [F] way?
How [Gm] strange the road to love should be so [Gb] easy
[Bb] Can't you see the detour [B] [F] ahead?
[Am] [Gm]
100%  ➙  166BPM
Bb
12341111
Cm
13421113
Bbm
13421111
B
12341112
Eb
12341116
Bb
12341111
Cm
13421113
Bbm
13421111
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To learn Ella Fitzgerald - Detour Ahead chords, these are the chords to practise in sequence: E, Bb, Cm, B, Bb, Bbm, Cm, B and E. Set your pace at 82 BPM initially and then sync up with the song's BPM of 166. With an eye on the song's key C Minor, set the capo that best suits your vocal range.

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[Bb] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ [Gm] Smooth road, _
_ [Bbm] clear _ _ _ day
_ _ _ [Cm] But why [Dm] am I [Cm] the [F] only [C] one traveling this [F] _ _ way?
[Gbm] _ _ [Fm]
How _ [Gm] strange the road to love should be so [Gb] _ _ easy _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ Can't you see the detour _ _ [B] _ [F] ahead?
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ Wake up, slow [Db] _
_ [Eb] down _ _ _ _
Before [Dm] you [Cm] crash and break [F] your heart, [Cm] gullible _ [Gb] [F] clown _
_ _ You [Fm] _ fool, you're [Eb] headed in the [Bb] wrong _ _ direction
_ _ _ [Cm] Can't you see the _ [B] detour [Bb] _ _ _
[A] ahead?
[Db] _ _ _ [Dm] The _ further you travel, [Eb] the harder to _ unravel
[Em] The _ _ [D] _ _
world she [B] spins _ [Gm] around _ [G] you
[Gb] _ _ [Dm] Turn back while there's time
[Eb] Don't you [Bbm] see the danger _ sign?
_ [Em] Soft _ [D] shoulders _ _ _ _ [N] surround _ _ [Eb] _ _ [B] _ _ you
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ Smooth road, _ _ _ [Bbm] clear _ [Gbm] _ _
[Bbm] night
_ _ _ _ [Eb] Oh, [D] lucky me [Cm] that [G] suddenly _ [Cm] I saw the _ [F] [B] light _ _
_ [Fm] I'm turning [D] back [Eb] away from all [Dbm] that _ _ sorrow
_ [Bb] _ _ Smooth _ road, _ _ _ clear [Bbm] _ _
_ _ _ day
_ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Cm] _ [B] _ No [Bb] detour _ ahead
_ [Bbm] _ [Db] _ _ [Dm] The _ _ further you _ travel, [Eb] _ the harder to [Bbm] _ unravel _
[D] _ _ _ [Gbm] _ _ _ [G] She _ spins [Bbm] around _ you
_ [Bb] _ Turn back while there's time
[Bbm] Don't you see the danger _ sign?
_ [B] Soft _ [D] shoulders _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] surround _ _ _ you
[B] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [F] Smooth _ [Gm] road, _ _ _ [Bbm] clear _ _ night
_ [Ab] _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ [Eb]
Oh, [Dm] lucky me [Cm] that [Bm] suddenly [Cm] I saw the [B] _ light
[Gbm] _
_ [Fm] _ _ I'm [D] turning back [Bb] away from [Cm] all that [Gb] _ _
sorrow
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _
Smooth _ road, [Cm] _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Bbm] clear _ _ _ _ _ _ day _ _ _ [Bb] No _ _ _ detour
[Gm] _ _ _ [Bb]
No _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [B] detour
_ _ No _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] detour _ ahead _
_ _ _ [Db] _ [G] _ [F] _ [Gm] _ [Gb] _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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Facts about this song

This song was authored by Lou Carter, Johnny Frigo and Herb Ellis.

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