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

INTRO: [A x4]

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

VERSE 2:
When the [A] drinks finally hit her, she said I'm no quitter
But I finally quit [A7] livin on [D] dreams
I'm [E] hungry for laughter, and here ever after
I'm after whatever, the other life [A] brings

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

VERSE 4:
Now his [A] big hands were calloused, he looked like a mountain
For a minute I [A7] thought I was [D] dead
But [E] he started shakin', his big heart was breaking
He turned to the [E7] woman and [A] said [A open]

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

SONG KEY CHANGE: [+2] [B]

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

VERSE 6:
Now [B] she was a beauty, but when she came to me
She must have thought [B7] I'd lost my [E] mind
Cause [F#] I could'nt hold her, the words that told her
Kept coming back [F#7] time after [B] time [B open]

CHORUS 2:
[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 [B open]

REPEAT CHORUS 2: