Standard (EADGBE)

In a b ar in To-ledo ac-ross from the depot on a

bar stool she took off her r ing

I thought i'd get closer so I walked on over I

sat down and asked her n ame

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When the drinks finally hit her she said I'm no

quitter but I finally quit livin on d reams

I'm h ungry for laughter and here ever after I'm

after what-ever the other life b rings

I n the mirror I saw him and I closely watched him I

thought how he looked out of p lace

He came to the woman who sat t here be-side me he

had a strange look on his f ace

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The big hands were calloused he looked like a

mountain for a minute I thought I was d ead

But h e started shaking his big heart was

breaking he turned to the woman and s aid

You picked a fine time to leave me Lu-c ille

with four hungry children and a crop in the f ield

I 've had some bad times lived through some sad times but

this time your hurting won't h eal

you picked a fine time to leave me Lu-c ille.

A fter he left us I ordered more whisky I thought how she'd

made him look s mall

From the lights of the bar room to a r ented ho-tel room we

walked without talking at a ll

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She was a beauty but when she came to me she

must have thought I'd lost my m ind

I could'nt hold her 'cos the words that told her kept

coming back time after t ime

You picked a fine time to leave me Lu-c ille

with four hungry children and a crop in the f ield

I 've had some bad times lived through some sad times but

this time your hurting won't h eal

you picked a fine time to leave me Lu-cil le.

Ray From Sussex England