Lucille chords by Bobby Powell

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Intro 1

At a

Verse 1
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bar in Toledo,
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across from the depot
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On a bar stool she took off her ring
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I thought I'd get closer
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I walked on over
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I sat down and I asked her her name
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When the drinks finally hit her
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She said, I'm no quitter,
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but I finally quit living on dreams
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I'm hungry for luster, yearning for after
I'm after whatever the other
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life brings
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In the mirror, I saw him
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As I  closely watched him
And thought how he looked
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out of place
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He came to the woman,
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sat there beside her,
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he had a strange look on his face,
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his big hands were calloused,
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he looked like a mountain.
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For a minute, I thought I was dead
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Then he started shakin'
His heart was breakin'
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He turned to the woman and said
You picked the fine time
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to lead me to you, dear
For homeward children in a
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crowded battlefield
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I've had some bad times
With fools and sad times
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This time your heart ain't just for me

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Verse 2

You picked a fine time to leave me to sing

Verse 3

You picked a fine time to

leave me to sing

Verse 4

You looked at Fanta too late,

didn't you see?

Verse 5

- After

he left us, I ordered more whiskey

And

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thought how she made

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him look so small

Verse 7
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From the lights of a ballroom
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To a rented hotel room
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We walked without talking at     all
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Now she was a beauty
But when she came to me
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She must have thought I'd lost my mind
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I couldn't hurt her
What she taught her
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Kept coming back time after time
You picked a fine time
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to live in New Zealand
For the hungry children,
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the crumbling of the field
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I've had some bad times,
I've been through some sad times
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It doesn't matter if hurt me or not to me
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You picked a fine time to leave me,
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Lucia
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You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucia
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You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucia
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You picked a fine time to leave me to sin
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A fine time to leave me to sin
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You left me to sin
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A fine time to leave me to sin
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You picked a fine time to leave me to sin