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

INTRO: [C x4]

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

VERSE 2:
When the [C] drinks finally hit her, she said I'm no quitter
But I finally quit [C7] livin on [F] dreams
I'm [G] hungry for laughter, and here ever after
I'm after whatever, the other life [C] brings

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

VERSE 4:
Now his [C] big hands were calloused, he looked like a mountain
For a minute I [C7] thought I was [F] dead
But [G] he started shakin', his big heart was breaking
He turned to the [G7] woman and [C] said [C open]

CHORUS 1:
[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

SONG KEY CHANGE: [+2] [D]

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

VERSE 6:
Now [D] she was a beauty, but when she came to me
She must have thought [D7] I'd lost my [G] mind
Cause [A] I could'nt hold her, the words that told her
Kept coming back [A7] time after [D] time [D open]

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

REPEAT CHORUS 2: