When Rita Leaves Chords by Delbert Mcclinton

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