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