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

INTRO: [G x4]

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

VERSE 2:
When the [G] drinks finally hit her, she said I'm no quitter
But I finally quit [G7] livin on [C] dreams
I'm [D] hungry for laughter, and here ever after
I'm after whatever, the other life [G] brings

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

VERSE 4:
Now his [G] big hands were calloused, he looked like a mountain
For a minute I [G7] thought I was [C] dead
But [D] he started shakin', his big heart was breaking
He turned to the [D7] woman and [G] said [G open]

CHORUS 1:
[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

SONG KEY CHANGE: [+2] [A]

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

VERSE 6:
Now [A] she was a beauty, but when she came to me
She must have thought [A7] I'd lost my [D] mind
Cause [E] I could'nt hold her, the words that told her
Kept coming back [E7] time after [A] time [A open]

CHORUS 2:
[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 [A open]

REPEAT CHORUS 2: