Chords for Kenny Rogers - Lucille (1977) • TopPop
Tempo:
146.9 bpm
Chords used:
F#
B
C#
G#
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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