{"id":655,"date":"2021-05-10T04:29:13","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T04:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=655"},"modified":"2026-03-13T22:40:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T22:40:44","slug":"lucille","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/lucille\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucille"},"content":{"rendered":"
[G] In a bar in Toledo across from the depot, <\/span>on a barstool, she took off her [D7] ring<\/span>.  I [Am] thought I'd get closer so [D7] I walked on over.  <\/span>I [Am] sat down and [D7] asked her [G]name\r\n\r\n<\/span>When the [G] drinks finally hit her she said \"I'm no quitter, b<\/span>ut I finally quit [G7] livin' on [C] dreams.  <\/span>I'm [D7] hungry for laughter and here ever after, <\/span>I'm after whatever the other life [G] brings\"<\/span>\r\n\r\n[G] In the mirror, I saw him and I closely watched him, <\/span>I thought how he looked out of [D7] place.<\/span>  He [Am] came to the woman who [D7] sat there beside me.<\/span>  He [Am] had a strange [D7] look on his [G] face\r\n<\/span>\r\nHis [G] big hands were calloused, he looked like a mountain.<\/span>  For a minute I [G7] thought I was [C] dead.  <\/span>But [D7] he started shaking, his big heart was breaking.  <\/span>He turned to the woman and [G] said<\/span>\r\n\r\n[G] \"You picked a fine time to leave me, [C] Lucille.<\/span>  With [C] four hungry children, and a crop in the [G] field.  <\/span>[C] I've had some bad times, lived through some sad times<\/span>\r\nBut this time your hurting won't [G] heal.  <\/span>You picked a [D7] fine time to leave me, [G] Lucille\"<\/span>\r\n\r\nMODULATE TO A - BEGINNERS STAY IN G\r\n\r\n          HIT SCROLL DOWN BUTTON<\/span>\r\n\r\n[A] After he left us, I ordered more whiskey.  <\/span>I thought how she'd made him look [E7] small.<\/span>  From the [Bm] lights of the barroom to a [E7] rented hotel room, we<\/span> [Bm] walked without [E7] talking at [A] all\r\n<\/span>\r\n[A] She was a beauty but when she came to me, s<\/span>he [A7] must have thought I'd lost my [D] mind.<\/span> [E7] I couldn't hold her.  The words that he told her, k<\/span>ept coming back time after [A] time.<\/span>\r\n\r\n{ CHORUS } . . . [A] \"You picked a fine time to leave me, [D] Lucille.<\/span>  With [D] four hungry children and a crop in the [A] field.<\/span>  [D] I've had some bad times, lived through some sad times, b<\/span>ut this time your hurting won't [A] heal.  <\/span>You picked a [E7] fine time to leave me, [A] Lucille\"<\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n[REPEAT CHORUS - END ON REPEATED LINE]<\/span> \r\n<\/span>You picked a [E7] fine time to leave me, [A] Lucille.\"<\/span>\r\n<\/span><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
[G] In a bar in Toledo across from the depot, on a barstool, she took off her [D7] ring. I [Am] thought I’d get closer so [D7] I walked on over. I [Am] sat down and [D7] asked her [G]name When the [G] drinks finally hit her she said “I’m … CLICK TO VIEW SONGLucille<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,120,133,126,265,13,56,116,117,68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3-chords","category-perflive","category-baritone-bill","category-bass-guitar-night","category-best-songs","category-x-bill-chase","category-country-western","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano","category-love-songs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=655"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30201,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655\/revisions\/30201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}