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

INTRO: [Ab x4]

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

VERSE 2:
When the [Ab] drinks finally hit her, she said I'm no quitter
But I finally quit [Ab7] livin on [Db] dreams
I'm [D#] hungry for laughter, and here ever after
I'm after whatever, the other life [Ab] brings

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

VERSE 4:
Now his [Ab] big hands were calloused, he looked like a mountain
For a minute I [Ab7] thought I was [Db] dead
But [D#] he started shakin', his big heart was breaking
He turned to the [D#7] woman and [Ab] said [Ab open]

CHORUS 1:
[N.C.] You picked a fine time to leave me Lu-[Db]-cille
with four hungry children and a crop in the [Ab] field
[Db] I've had some bad times lived through some sad times
but this time your hurting won't [Ab] heal
you picked a [D#] fine time to leave me Lu-[Ab]-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 [F] small
From the [Cm] lights of the bar room, to a [F] rented hotel room
We [Cm] walked without [F] talking at [A#] all

VERSE 6:
Now [A#] she was a beauty, but when she came to me
She must have thought [A#7] I'd lost my [D#] mind
Cause [F] I could'nt hold her, the words that told her
Kept coming back [F7] 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 [F] fine time to leave me Lu-[A#]-cille [A# open]

REPEAT CHORUS 2: