G
In a bar in Toledo, across from the depot
D
On a barstool she took off her ring
D7
I thought I'd get closer
C
So I walked on over
C G
I sat down and asked her her name
G
When the drinks finally hit her
G
She said, "I'm no quitter
G C
But I finally quit living on dreams
D7
I'm hungry for laughter
And here ever after
G
I'm after whatever the other life brings."
G
In the mirror I saw him
And I closely watched him
D
I thought how he looked out of place
D7
He came to the woman
C
Who sat there beside me
G
He had a strange look on his face
The big hands were calloused
He looks like a mountain
C
For a minute I thought I was dead
D
But he started shaking
His big heart was breaking
G
He turned to the woman and said
C
"You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille
G
With four hungry children and crops in the field
C
And I've had some bad times
And lived through some sad times
G
But this time the hurtin' won't heal
D7 G
You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille
G
After he left us, I ordered more whiskey
D
I thought how she'd made him look small
D7 C
From the lights of the barroom to a rented hotel room
G
We walked without talking at all
Now she was a beauty, but when she came to me
D
She must have thought I'd lost my mind
D7
Cause I couldn't hold her, the words that he told her
G
Kept comin' back time after time
C
"You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille
G
With four hungry children and crops in the field
C
I've had some bad times
Lived through some sad times
G
But this time the hurtin' won't heal
D7 G
You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille
D7 G
Oh, you picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille"
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