Lucille

By Kenny Rogers  
Tabbed by Raymond Bailey  
  
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In a bar in Toledo across from the depot on a bar stool she took off her ring  
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I thought I'd get closer so I walked on over, I sat down and asked her name  
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When the drinks finally hit her she said I'm no quitter but I fin'lly quit living on dreams  
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I'm hungry for laughter and here ever after I'm after whatever the other life brings  
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In the mirror I saw him and I closely watched him I thought how he looked out of place  
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He came to the woman who sat there be side me he had a strange look on his face  
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The big hands were calloused he looked like a mountain for a minute I thought I was dead  
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But he started shaking his big heart was breaking he turned to the woman and said  

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You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille   
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With four hungry children and a crop in the field  
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I've had some bad times lived through some sad times but   
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This time your hurting won't heal  
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You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille 
  
  Chord change Up one full step 

FINAL VERSE AND CHORUSES PLAY UP ONE FULL STEP 
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After he left us I ordered more whiskey I thought how she'd made him look small  
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From the lights of the bar room to a rented hotel room, we walked without talking at all        
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She was a beauty but when she came to me she must have thought I'd lost my mind  
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I couldn't hold her 'cause the words that he told her kept coming back time after time  
  
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You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille   
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With four hungry children and a crop in the field  
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I've had some bad times lived through some sad times but   
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This time your hurting won't heal  
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You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille