Hayes Carll - Good while it lasted

^CI smoked my last cigarette, ^GI drank my last drop ^AmQuit doing all the things I ^Fswore I'd never stop ^CI changed my direction, ^GI sang a different tune ^AmGave up all those childish ways that ^Fmade me old too soon ^DmThings were going good there for a ^Gwhile I ^Ftried to straighten ^Gout the crooked ^Croad that I was ^Amon It was ^Cgood while it lasted but it ^Gdidn't last too ^Clong

I ^Cused to play down on Broadway, the ^Gsame song every night ^AmSinging for the tip jar ^Funderneath the neon light Had a ^Cgood time with the women and the ^Gcompliments were free I ^Amdreamed of something bigger but it just ^Fwasn't meant to be ^DmBut I was happy there for a ^Gwhile Just ^Flike a ^Gdesperado out s^Cearching for a ^Amsong It was ^Cgood while it lasted but it ^Gdidn't last too ^Clong

^GNothing lasts forever ^FTime knows that it's ^Ctrue But ^Amsometimes a little while Is the ^Gbest that we can do

You ^Cended up beside me like some ^Glong forgotten dream You ^Amtook my hand and showed me colors ^FI had never seen ^CWe both said forever, ^Gforever till the end But ^Amforever's something different to a ^Flover and a friend We ^Dmthought we had it all there for a ^Gwhile Just^F lIke that perfect ^Gmoment 'tween the ^Cdarkness and the ^Amdawn It was ^Cgood while it lasted but it ^Gdidn't last too ^Clong

^FOne thing I can ^Gtell you from this ^Clife that's come and gone It was ^Cgood while it lasted but it ^Gdidn't last too ^Amlong It was ^Cgood while it lasted but it ^Gdidn't last too ^Clong