Key: E major
Intro 1
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G
D
A
F#
G
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A
D
Verse 1
didn't think the good ones all were taken
F#
G
bed that I've been making
D
A
Well maybe I should quit
Well my intent was being
handed I never laid a hand
F#
G
they were all that I can stand
D
A
Ah maybe I should quit
Chorus 1:
could you love me like a kid
way back when you really did
you just pick up the phone
and I'm drinking all alone
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A
And I am busted broke and bent and
F#
G
beat and 'bout halfway to dead
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A
D
Ah maybe I should quit while I'm ahead, oh Lord,
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D
G
D
G
D
A
F#
well maybe I should quit while I'm ahead
G
D
A
D
Well West Texas in the morning,
Interlude 1
little darling are you down
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G
D
Verse 2
A
F#
F#m
G
well you'd say boy get out of town
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A
Well maybe I should quit while I'm ahead
could you love me like a kid
way back when you really did
you even talk to me
your favorite Christmas tree
D
A
And I am busted broke and bent and beat
F#
G
and 'bout half way to dead
D
A
Ah maybe I should quit while im ahead,
D
A
D
G
D
oh Lord well maybe I should quit while I'm ahead
A
F#
G
D
A
D
Chorus
1:
could you love me like a kid
way back when you really did
you just pick up the phone
and I'm drinking all alone
D
A
And I am busted broke and bent and
F#
G
beat and 'bout half way to dead
D
A
Ah maybe I should quit while I'm ahead,
D
A
oh lord well maybe I should quit while I'm ahead
Outro 1
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G
D
D
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F#
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D
D
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