G# In a bar in Toledo across from the depot D#7 On a barstool she took off her ring A#m D#7 I thought I’d get closer so I walked on over G#m D#7 G# I sat down and asked her name G# When the drink finally hit her she said I’m no quitter G#7 C# But I finally quit living on dreams D#7 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 I closely watch him D#7 I thought how he looked out of place A#m D#7 He came to the woman who sat there beside me A#m D#7 G# He had a strange look on his face G# The big hands where calloused he looked like a mountain G#7 C# For a minute I thought I was dead D#7 But he started shaking his big heart was breaking G# He turned to the woman and said G# C# You picked the fine time to leave me Lucille G# Four hungry children and a crop in the field C# I’ve had some bad time live through some sad times G# But this time your hurting wouldn’t heal D#7 C# You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille G# After he left us I ordered more whiskey D#7 I thought how he made him look small A#m D#7 From lights of the bar room to a rented hotel room A#m D#7 F# We walked without talking at all G# She was a beauty but when she came to me G#7 C# She must have thought I’d lost my mind D#7 I couldn’t hold her the words that he told her G# Kept coming back time after time G# C# You picked the fine time to leave me Lucille G# Four hungry children and a crop in the field C# I’ve had some bad time live through some sad times G# But this time your hurting wouldn’t heal D#7 C# You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille
