Lucille

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In a bar in Toledo across from the 
depot on a
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bar stool she took off her ring
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I thought I'd get closer so I walked
 on over,
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I sat down and asked her name

When the drinks finally hit her she 
said I'm no
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quitter but I finally quit livin' 
   D
on dreams
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I'm hungry for laughter and here 
ever after I'm
                               A
after whatever the other life brings


[Verse 2]
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In the mirror I saw him and I 
closely watched him
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I thought how he looked out of place
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He came to the woman who sat there 
beside me,
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he had a strange look on his face

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The big hands were calloused, he 
looked like a
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mountain, for a minute I thought I 
     D
was dead
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But he started shaking, his big 
heart was
breaking, he turned to the woman and
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 said


[Chorus]
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You picked a fine time to leave me 
   D
Lucille
with four hungry children and a crop
         A
 in the field
 D
I've had some bad times, lived 
through some sad times, but
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this time your hurting won't heal
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You picked a fine time to leave me 
   A
Lucille


[Verse 3]
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After he left us I ordered more 
whisky, I thought how she'd
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made him look small
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From the lights of the bar room to 
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a rented hotel room,
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we walked without talking at all

She was a beauty but when she came 
to me
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she must have thought I'd lost my 
  E
mind
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I couldn't hold her 'cos the words 
that he told her kept
                        B
coming back time after time


[Chorus]
 B                                 
You picked a fine time to leave me 
   E
Lucille
with four hungry children and a crop
         B
 in the field
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I've had some bad times, lived 
through some sad times, but
                              B
this time your hurting won't heal
                F#7                
You picked a fine time to leave me 
      B
Lucille