Quit While Im Ahead

            E
Well I wont lie and say I didn’t 
think the good ones all were taken
            A                      
Since there aint no peaches falling
          E
 from the tree that I've been 
shaking
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And it's solitary sleeping in this 
G#                A
bed that I've been making
     E              B7             
Well maybe I should quit while I'm 
E
ahead

          E
Well my intent was being handed I 
never laid a hand
          A                        
And the kindness of my gesture was 
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a good far cry from grand
           E          B7          
They were awful well intended, 
       G#            A
they were all that I can stand
    E              B7          
Ah maybe I should quit while I'm 
   E
ahead


[Chorus]

        B7
And now darlin if I called you, 
could you love me like a kid
          E
Could you love me like you loved me 
way back when you really did
     B7
Well Darlin if I called you could 
you just pick up the phone
                A
Lord, I've been dancing with 
damnation and I'm drinking all alone
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         E                B7      
And I am busted broke and bent and
           G#             A
 beat and 'bout halfway to dead
   E              B7           
Ah maybe I should quit while I'm 
   E                   E          
ahead, oh Lord, well maybe I 
    B7              E
should quit while I'm ahead


*Instrumental break*
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[Verse 2]

  E
Well West Texas in the morning, 
little darling are you down
          A                      
Where the color of the country is 
      E
your sweet eye shade of brown
         E              B7        
And if I told you how I felt, well
           G#            A
 you’d say boy get out of town
   E                B7             
Well maybe I should quit while I'm 
E
ahead


[Chorus]

    B7
Now darlin if I called you, could 
you love me like a kid
          E
Could you love me like you loved me 
way back when you really did
     B7
Well Darlin if I called you would 
you even talk to me
           A
When I am lit up like a star atop 
your favorite Christmas tree
         E                B7      
And I am busted broke and bent and
          G#               A
 beat and 'bout half way to dead
   E              B7          
Ah maybe I should quit while im 
  E                   E           
ahead, oh Lord well maybe I should
   B7             E
 quit while I'm ahead


*Instumental break*


[Chorus]


        B7
And now darlin if I called you, 
could you love me like a kid
          E
Could you love me like you loved me 
way back when you really did
     B7
Well Darlin if I called you could 
you just pick up the phone
                A
Lord, I've been dancing with 
damnation and I'm drinking all alone
         E                B7      
And I am busted broke and bent and
           G#             A
 beat and 'bout halfway to dead
   E              B7           
Ah maybe I should quit while I'm 
   E                   E          
ahead, oh Lord, well maybe I 
    B7              E
should quit while I'm ahead