Kenny Rogers, Lucille (1977)
^{Key: :[B] (w: Roger Bowling, Hal Bynum)}

INTRO: [B x4]

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

VERSE 2:
When the [B] drinks finally hit her, she said I'm no quitter
But I finally quit [B7] livin on [E] dreams
I'm [F#] hungry for laughter, and here ever after
I'm after whatever, the other life [B] brings

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

VERSE 4:
Now his [B] big hands were calloused, he looked like a mountain
For a minute I [B7] thought I was [E] dead
But [F#] he started shakin', his big heart was breaking
He turned to the [F#7] woman and [B] said [B open]

CHORUS 1:
[N.C.] You picked a fine time to leave me Lu-[E]-cille
with four hungry children and a crop in the [B] field
[E] I've had some bad times lived through some sad times
but this time your hurting won't [B] heal
you picked a [F#] fine time to leave me Lu-[B]-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 [D#m] lights of the bar room, to a [G#] rented hotel room
We [D#m] 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 [C#7] I'd lost my [F#] mind
Cause [G#] I could'nt hold her, the words that told her
Kept coming back [G#7] 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: