In a[A] bar in Toledo across from the depot
on a [A]bar stool she took off her [E]ring.
I [Bm]thought I'd get [E]closer
so [Bm]I walked on [E]over
I [Bm]sat down and [E]asked her [A]name.
[A]When the drinks finally hit her
[A]she said I'm no quitter
but I finally quit [A7]livin on [D]dreams
I'm [E]hungry for laughter and here ever after
I'm after what the other life [A]brings.
[A]In the mirror I saw him and I closely watched him
I thought how he looked out of [E]place.
He [Bm]came to the[E] woman who [Bm]sat there be[E]side me
he [Bm]had a strange [E]look on his [A]face.
His[A] big hands were calloused
[A]he looked like a mountain
for a minute I [A7]thought I was [D]dead
H[E]e started shaking his big heart was
breaking he turned to the [E7]woman and [A]said:
[A]You picked a fine time to leave me Lu[D]cille
with four hungry children and a crop in the [A]field
[D]I've had some bad times lived through some sad times but
this time your hurting won't [A]heal
you picked a [E]fine time to leave me Lu[A]cille.
[A]After he left us I ordered more whiskey
I thought how she'd made him look [E]small
From the [Bm]lights of the [E]bar room
to a [Bm]rented ho[E]tel room
we [Bm]walked without [E]talking at [A]all
[A]She was a beauty but when she came to me
she must have thought [A7]I'd lost my [D]mind
[E]I couldn't hold her 'cause the words that he told her
kept coming back [E7]time after [A]time
[A]You picked a fine time to leave me Lu[D]cille
with four hungry children and a crop in the [A]field
[D]I've had some bad times lived through some sad times but
this time your hurting won't [A]heal
you picked a [E]fine time to leave me Lu[A]cille.
on a [A]bar stool she took off her [E]ring.
I [Bm]thought I'd get [E]closer
so [Bm]I walked on [E]over
I [Bm]sat down and [E]asked her [A]name.
[A]When the drinks finally hit her
[A]she said I'm no quitter
but I finally quit [A7]livin on [D]dreams
I'm [E]hungry for laughter and here ever after
I'm after what the other life [A]brings.
[A]In the mirror I saw him and I closely watched him
I thought how he looked out of [E]place.
He [Bm]came to the[E] woman who [Bm]sat there be[E]side me
he [Bm]had a strange [E]look on his [A]face.
His[A] big hands were calloused
[A]he looked like a mountain
for a minute I [A7]thought I was [D]dead
H[E]e started shaking his big heart was
breaking he turned to the [E7]woman and [A]said:
[A]You picked a fine time to leave me Lu[D]cille
with four hungry children and a crop in the [A]field
[D]I've had some bad times lived through some sad times but
this time your hurting won't [A]heal
you picked a [E]fine time to leave me Lu[A]cille.
[A]After he left us I ordered more whiskey
I thought how she'd made him look [E]small
From the [Bm]lights of the [E]bar room
to a [Bm]rented ho[E]tel room
we [Bm]walked without [E]talking at [A]all
[A]She was a beauty but when she came to me
she must have thought [A7]I'd lost my [D]mind
[E]I couldn't hold her 'cause the words that he told her
kept coming back [E7]time after [A]time
[A]You picked a fine time to leave me Lu[D]cille
with four hungry children and a crop in the [A]field
[D]I've had some bad times lived through some sad times but
this time your hurting won't [A]heal
you picked a [E]fine time to leave me Lu[A]cille.
