Rita Wrote A Letter

Key: C 🎸 Intro: C/G Dm7 C/G Dm 🎸 Verse 1: 0:08 C Dm I really don't know how I'm talking C Dm Six feet down and under the clay C Dm The laws of nature forbid it C Dm But I was never good with rules anyway C Dm The day I walked out of prison C Dm I knew that I was still in stir C Dm7 Dm7 For the crime committed I was still doing time C Dm Behind the walls between me and her

🎸 Chorus: 0:41 F C Rita wrote a letter G D I keep it with me every day F Rita wrote a letter C G G And this is what she had to say F C C/E She said 'Joe I'm really sorry G D But me and Dan, our love is here to stay F With the kids it's getting better C G G And now a little baby's on the way' 🎸 Verse 2: 1:13 C Dm We-ll, they took me back on at the restaurant C Dm But the new cook there had stolen my game C Dm They put me on the dishes and the pots and pans C Dm I was happy being busy again C Dm And every night when I came home C/E Dm7 With my back and feet all aching sore C Dm I'd lay there in Mary's spare room C Dm Tossing 'til the break of dawn 🎸 Chorus 2: 1:46 F C Oh, Rita wrote a letter G D One you don't want to get from your wife F When Rita writes a letter C G G The pen is sharper than the knife F C C/E She said, 'Joe, I gave you good chances G D But half a year turned into two F You could never hold your temper C G G And you always made it all about you' 🎸 Instrumental: 2:19 C Dm7 Em Ebm7 Dm7 G Dm7 Gaug 🎸 Verse 3: 2:34 C Dm7 Oh, the phone calls they started to dwindle C Dm7 Once they moved further up the coast C Dm7 Those silences that dragged on forever C Dm7 I couldn't find the words I needed the most, C Dm7 One day I went to see an old friend C Dm7 And I brought a little package home C Dm For old times' sake sweet oblivion C Dm But some things you shouldn't do alone 🎸 Chorus 3: 3:07 F C Yeah, Rita wrote a letter G D I'm still hugging it under the clay F Rita wrote a letter C G G Deep down I know it's better this way G F C And maybe she and Dan feel guilty G D And the children sometimes cry at night F C But I made my bed, I'm lying in it G And I know they're gonna be alright 🎸 Outro: 3:38 G F C Yeah Rita wrote a letter F C I will always love her F C Be the ghost above her F C Hover all around her F C But Dan, I don’t forgive ya F C Oh I didn’t mean to say that F C It’s just my mind it plays up F C Multiplies each matter F (Fades away )