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

INTRO: [Gb x4]

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

VERSE 2:
When the [Gb] drinks finally hit her, she said I'm no quitter
But I finally quit [Gb7] livin on [B] dreams
I'm [C#] hungry for laughter, and here ever after
I'm after whatever, the other life [Gb] brings

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

VERSE 4:
Now his [Gb] big hands were calloused, he looked like a mountain
For a minute I [Gb7] thought I was [B] dead
But [C#] he started shakin', his big heart was breaking
He turned to the [C#7] woman and [Gb] said [Gb open]

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

SONG KEY CHANGE: [+2] [G#]

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

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

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

REPEAT CHORUS 2: