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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1852823,"song":"Quit While Im Ahead","artist":"Turnpike Troubadours","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11411028-quit-while-im-ahead-chords-by-turnpike-troubadours/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1852823?type=chord","rating":4.69697,"votes":49,"content":"Quit While I'm Ahead\r\nTurnpike Troubadours\r\nAlbum: Goodbye Normal Street (2012)\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWell I wont lie and say I didn’t think the good ones all were taken [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]                                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSince there aint no peaches falling from the tree that I've been shaking [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]B7[/ch]               [ch]G#[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd it's solitary sleeping in this bed that I've been making [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]B7[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWell maybe I should quit while I'm ahead[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]                          \r\nWell my intent was being handed I never laid a hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd the kindness of my gesture was a good far cry from grand[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]B7[/ch]                 [ch]G#[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey were awful well intended, they were all that I can stand[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]B7[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAh maybe I should quit while I'm ahead[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]B7[/ch]  \r\nAnd now darlin if I called you, could you love me like a kid[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch] \r\nCould you love me like you loved me way back when you really did[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nWell Darlin if I called you could you just pick up the phone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLord, I've been dancing with damnation and I'm drinking all alone[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]B7[/ch]                 [ch]G#[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I am busted broke and bent and beat and 'bout halfway to dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]B7[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]B7[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAh maybe I should quit while I'm ahead, oh Lord, well maybe I should quit while I'm ahead[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n*Instrumental break*\r\n[ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWell West Texas in the morning, little darling are you down [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhere the color of the country is your sweet eye shade of brown [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]B7[/ch]                   [ch]G#[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd if I told you how I felt, well you’d say boy get out of town[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]B7[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWell maybe I should quit while I'm ahead[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nNow darlin if I called you, could you love me like a kid[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nCould you love me like you loved me way back when you really did[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nWell Darlin if I called you would you even talk to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen I am lit up like a star atop your favorite Christmas tree[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]B7[/ch]                [ch]G#[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I am busted broke and bent and beat and 'bout half way to dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]B7[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]B7[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAh maybe I should quit while im ahead, oh Lord well maybe I should quit while I'm ahead[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n*Instumental break*\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]B7[/ch]  \r\nAnd now darlin if I called you, could you love me like a kid[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch] \r\nCould you love me like you loved me way back when you really did[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nWell Darlin if I called you could you just pick up the phone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLord, I've been dancing with damnation and I'm drinking all alone[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]B7[/ch]                 [ch]G#[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I am busted broke and bent and beat and 'bout halfway to dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]B7[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]B7[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAh maybe I should quit while I'm ahead, oh Lord, well maybe I should quit while I'm ahead[/tab]","plain_text":"Quit While I'm Ahead\nTurnpike Troubadours\nAlbum: Goodbye Normal Street (2012)\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n*Instrumental break*\nE A E B7 C#m A E B7 E\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n*Instumental break*\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["E","A","B7","G#","C#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}