How to Play Lucille on Guitar?

Kenny Rogers - Lucille can be played in the key of G using the G, D7, Am, C, G7 chords. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E. For D7, To play D7, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 3, let A, D ring open. For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G. For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D. For G7, To play G7, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute A, high E. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play Lucille with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.

Kenny Rogers - Lucille Chords

Chord reference G, D7, Am, G, C, G7

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

[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 her [G]name

[G]When the drinks finally hit her she said I’m no quitter But I finally quit [G7]living on [C]dreams I’m [D7]hungry for laughter and here ever after I’m after whatever the other life [G]brings

[G]In the mirror I saw him, I closely watched him I thought how he looked out of [D7]place He came [Am]to the woman who sat [D7]there beside me He [Am]had a strange [D7]look on his [G]face

[G]The big hands were calloused, he looked like a mountain For a minute I [G7]thought I was [C]dead But [D7]he started shaking his big heart was breaking He turned to the woman and [G]said

[G]You picked a fine time to leave me Lu[C]cille With four hungry children and a crop in the [G]field [C]I’ve had some bad times, lived through some sad times But this time your hurting wouldn’t [G]heal You picked a [D7]fine time to leave me Lu[G]cille

[G]After he left us I ordered more whiskey I thought how she’d made him look [D7]small From the [Am]lights of the bar room to a [D7]rented hotel room We walked without talking at [G]all

[G]She was a beauty but when she came to me She must have thought [G7]I’d lost my [C]mind [D7]I couldn’t hold her, the words that he told her Kept coming back time after [G]time

Artist Kenny Rogers

Album Kenny Rogers

Genres Country

Year 1977

Key G

Kenny Rogers - Lucille can be played in the key of G using the G, D7, Am, C, G7 chords.

For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
For D7, To play D7, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 3, let A, D ring open.
For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G.
For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For G7, To play G7, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute A, high E.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Lucille with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.