Quit While I'm Ahead chords by 
Turnpike Troubadours 
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Key: E major•
Intro 1
E
A
E
B
G#
A
E
B
E
Verse 1
E
Well I wont lie and say I
didn't think the good ones all were taken
A
Since there aint no peaches falling from
E
the tree that I've been shaking
B
And it's solitary sleep ing in this
G#
A
bed that I've been making
E
B
Well maybe I should quit
E
while I'm ahead
Well my intent was being
handed I never laid a hand
A
And the kindness of my gesture was
E
a good far cry from grand
B
They were awful well inten ded,
G#
A
they were all that I can stand
E
B
Ah maybe I should quit
E
while I'm ahead
Chorus 1:
B
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
B
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
B
And I am busted broke and bent and
G#
A
beat and 'bout halfway to dead
E
B
E
Ah maybe I should quit while I'm ahead, oh Lord,
B
E
A
E
A
E
B
G#
well maybe I should quit while I'm ahead
A
E
B
E
Well West Texas in the morning,
Interlude 1
little darling are you down
E
A
E
Verse 2
E
And if I told you how I felt,
B
G#
G#m
A
well you'd say boy get out of town
E
B
Well maybe I should quit while I'm ahead
E
Chorus 2:
B
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
B
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
B
And I am busted broke and bent and beat
G#
A
and 'bout half way to dead
E
B
Ah maybe I should quit while im ahead,
E
B
E
A
E
oh Lord well maybe I should quit while I'm ahead
B
G#
A
E
B
E
Chorus
1:
B
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
B
Well Darlin if I called you could
you just pick up the phone
A
Lord, ive been dancing with damnation
and I'm drinking all alone
E
B
And I am busted broke and bent and
G#
A
beat and 'bout half way to dead
E
B
Ah maybe I should quit while I'm ahead,
E
B
oh lord well maybe I should quit while I'm ahead
Outro 1
E
A
E
E
B
G#
A
E
B
E
E
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE A B G# G#m
E
A
B
G#
G#m
Capo: 2
Transpose: 0
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