INTRO: [Bb x4]

VERSE 1:
In a [Bb] bar in Toledo, across from the depot
On a bar stool she took off her [F] ring
I [Cm] thought I'd get closer, so [F] I walked on over
I [Cm] sat down and [F] asked her [Bb] name

VERSE 2:
When the [Bb] drinks finally hit her, she said I'm no quitter
But I finally quit [Bb7] livin on [Eb] dreams
I'm [F] hungry for laughter, and here ever after
I'm after whatever, the other life [Bb] brings

VERSE 3:
In the [Bb] mirror I saw him, and I closely watched him
I thought how he looked out of [F] place
He [Cm] came to the woman, who [F] sat there be side me
He [Cm] had a strange [F] look on his [Bb] face

VERSE 4:
Now his [Bb] big hands were calloused, he looked like a mountain
For a minute I [Bb7] thought I was [Eb] dead
But [F] he started shakin', his big heart was breaking
He turned to the [F7] woman and [Bb] said [Bb open]

CHORUS 1:
[N.C.] You picked a fine time to leave me Lu-[Eb]-cille
with four hungry children and a crop in the [Bb] field
[Eb] I've had some bad times lived through some sad times
but this time your hurting won't [Bb] heal
you picked a [F] fine time to leave me Lu-[Bb]-cille

SONG KEY CHANGE: [+2] [C]

VERSE 5:
[C] After he left us, I ordered more whiskey
I thought how she'd made him look [G] small
From the [Dm] lights of the bar room, to a [G] rented hotel room
We [Dm] walked without [G] talking at [C] all

VERSE 6:
Now [C] she was a beauty, but when she came to me
She must have thought [C7] I'd lost my [F] mind
Cause [G] I could'nt hold her, the words that told her
Kept coming back [G7] time after [C] time [C open]

CHORUS 2:
[N.C.] You picked a fine time to leave me Lu-[F]-cille
with four hungry children and a crop in the [C] field
[F] I've had some bad times lived through some sad times
but this time your hurting won't [C] heal
you picked a [G] fine time to leave me Lu-[C]-cille [C open]

REPEAT CHORUS 2: