Lucille Acordes

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