Chords for Delbert "When Rita Leaves"

_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
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She left a lipstick letter on the mirror, shattered [B] on the bathroom floor. _ _ _ _
_ All I could put back together, she's never [E] seen me no more. _ _ _ _
Took all her clothes but one red dress, _ [G#] _
[A] the one she knows I like the [F#m] best. _
All [E] I could do was clean up [B] the mess and wonder [E] where she'd gone.
[F#] _ _ [E] _ _
I had a sky blue rag top mustang, a [B] 1964. _ _ _ _ _
She drove it off into the night, [D#] till it just wouldn't [E] go no more.
_ [A] _ _ [E] _
She caught a ride on into [Bm] town, _ [A] bought some gas and laid the top [F#m] down. _ _
[E] And she burned that pony to [B] the ground [F#m] on the desert [E] in New Mexico. _ _ _
When Rita [B] _ _ leaves, _ _ _ [E] Rita's gone.
_ [B] _ _ [E] _ _
_ [B] She gave me every chance a man [E] could want. _ _ _ _ _
I [A] never known a love so strong, _ [E] or so crazy when she's been [A] done wrong.
When [B] Rita _ leaves, _ _ _ [E] Rita's gone. _ _ _ _
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[C#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [D#] _
_ [F] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [C#] _ _ [B] _ _ _
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I put a call in her mamacita back [B] in El Paso. _ _ _ _
She said she got the story from Rita _ on her way [E] to Mexico. _ _ _ _
Her mama [C#m] knew I was taking it [E] hard, _ [Bm]
said she [A] was sorry about my call.
[F#m] _ _
She [E] said you're lucky all she broke was [B] your heart.
[E] We better just let her go.
_ _ _ When Rita [B] _ _ leaves, _ _ _ [E] Rita's gone. _ _ _ _ _
[B] She [D#m] gave me every [B] chance a [E] man could want.
[G#m] _ _ _ [E] _ _
[A] I never known a love so strong, _ _ [E] or so crazy when she's been [A] done wrong.
When Rita [B] _ _ [F#] leaves, _ [F#m] _
[D#] _ [E] Rita's gone. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ She never gave me a chance to [G#] explain.
_ _ [A] But I guess it doesn't much matter [F#m] now anyway.
When Rita [B] _ _ _ [F#] leaves, [B] _
_ [E] Rita's gone. _ _ _
When Rita [B] _ _ leaves. _ _
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