Written by Hal Bynum, Roger Bowling
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
E7 A
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
E7 A
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
E7 A
You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille
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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
E7 A
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
E7 A
You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille
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