Quit While I'm Ahead(Chords)

	        
verse 1 

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

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


        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                 C#m             A 
And I am busted broke and bent and beat and 'bout halfway to dead 
   E              B7              E                   E              B7              E 
Ah maybe I should quit while I'm ahead, oh Lord, well maybe I should quit while I'm ahead 



*Instrumental break* 


verse 2 

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


    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                C#m               A 
And I am busted broke and bent and beat and 'bout half way to dead 
   E              B7            E                   E              B7             E 
Ah maybe I should quit while im ahead, oh Lord well maybe I should quit while I'm ahead 



*Instrumental break* 


        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                 C#m             A 
And I am busted broke and bent and beat and 'bout halfway to dead 
   E              B7              E                   E              B7              E 
Ah maybe I should quit while I'm ahead, oh Lord, well maybe I should quit while I'm ahead

	        

Written by Evan Felker