Key: G major
Verse 1
Gm
C
Riley's bar watching a ball game on
TV.
C
A
should just go back home and read.
A
D
G
C
have one on me. I don't need
another hit I know when to quit.
C
Gm
C
enough to know when it's time for me to
A
D
go. ought to quit while I'm ahead.
G
Gm
Be careful how you play
C
A
or you know someday you might just wake up dead. I don't
G
Gm
Em
E
need another hit I know when to quit but
A
D
G
But my mouth said, go ahead
Em
G
Now by two o 'clock,
Riley had locked the bar
Gm
C
And a blackjack game was on
D
G
I'd won a few pots
D
A
And I was thinking about heading for home
D
G
D
G
Just one more hand, I said to the man
Gm
C
As he dealt me a seventeen
A
Gm
But the dealer showed a nine,
G
E
so I took my time
A
D
G
When he asked if I would hit or free
A
Gm
D
C
I don't need another hit,
I know when to quit
when it's time for me to go
D
G
Be careful how you play or
C
A
You might just wake up dead
G
Em
E
I know when to quit
D
G
D
G
C
G
E
A
D
G
go ahead
D
G
Well, you know I couldn't
quit on a losing hand
Gm
G
D
My luck went so bad I lost all I had I
Dm
D
got mad and I started a fight
me flat on my back
C
A
And as I got up off the floor
G
E
leave here in one piece
A
D
G
Or do you wanna come back for more?
I know when to quit
G
C
My voice inside me said I'm smart enough to know when
A
it's time for me to go I ought to quit while I'm ahead
D
G
Be careful how you play
D
Gm
or you know someday
C
A
You might just wake up dead
A
D
My big mouth finally said
G
D
G
I don't need another hit,
Outro 1
G
C
G
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