Key: Bb major
Intro 1
B
Verse 1
B
In a bar in Toledo,
across from the depot,
F#
On a bar stool she took off her ring.
C#m
I thought I'd get closer
F#
So I walked on over.
C#m
F#
I sat down and asked
B
Bm
B
her her name.
When the drinks finally hit her,
She said, "I'm no quitter,
E
But I finally quit living on dreams.
F#
I'm hungry for laughter,
And here ever after
B
I'm after whatever the other life brings."
Verse 2
B
In the mirror I saw him,
And I closely watched him.
F#
I thought how he looked out of place.
C#m
He came to the woman
F#
Who sat there beside me.
C#m
F#
B
He had a strange look on his face.
The big hands were calloused,
He looked like a mountain,
E
For a minute I thought I was dead.
F#
But he started shaking,
His big heart was breaking,
B
F#
He turned to the woman and said,
B
Verse 3
"You picked a fine time to leave me,
E
Lucille
With four hungry children
B
and a crop in the field.
E
I've had some bad times,
I've lived through some sad times,
B
But this time the hurtin' won't heal.
F#
You picked a fine time to leave me,
Lucille.
B
C#
Verse 4
After he left us,
I ordered more whiskey.
I thought how she'd
G#
made him look small.
D#m
From the lights of the barroom to
G#
the rented hotel room
D#m
G#
C#
We walked without talking at all.
She was a beauty,
but when she came to me
F#
She must have thought I'd lost my mind.
G#
I couldn't hold her,
for the words that he told her
Kept comin' back time after time.
C#
Verse 5
"You picked a fine time to leave me,
F#
Lucille
With four hungry children
C#
and a crop in the field.
F#
I've had some bad times,
I've lived through some sad times,
C#
But this time the hurtin' won't heal.
G#
You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille.
C#
Verse 6
"You picked a fine time to leave me,
F#
Lucille
With four hungry children
C#
and a crop in the field.
F#
I've had some bad times,
I've lived through some sad times,
C#
But this time the hurtin' won't heal.
G#
You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille.
Outro 1
C#
F#
C#
F#
C#
G#
G#
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