When Rita Leaves chords by Delbert Mcclinton

Chords with lyrics

E MajorE                       BB
She left a lipstick letter on the mirror shattered on the bathroom floor.
                       E MajorE
All I could put back together was never see me no more.
                      A augmentedA            F# minorF#m
Took all her clothes but one red dress, the one she knows I like the best.
      E MajorE          BB              E MajorE
All I could do was clean up the mess, and wonder where she'd gone.


    E MajorE               BB
I had a sky-blue rag top Mustang, a 1964.
                           E MajorE
She drove it off into the night til it just wouldn't go no more.
                      A augmentedA          F# minorF#m
She caught a ride on into town, bought some gas and laid the top down.
     E MajorE            BB              E MajorE
Then she burned that pony to the ground on the desert in New Mexico.

Chorus
     BB       E MajorE
When Rita leaves, Rita's gone.
  BB                E MajorE
She gave me every chance a man could want.
      A augmentedA
I've never known a love so strong,
   E MajorE             A augmentedA
Or so crazy when she's been done wrong.
     BB       E MajorE
When Rita leaves, Rita's gone.


Solo: E MajorE BB E MajorE A augmentedA F# minorF#m E MajorE BB E MajorE


    E MajorE                BB
I put a call into her mamasita, back in El Paso.
                          E MajorE
She said she got the story from Rita on her way to Mexico.
                         A augmentedA       F# minorF#m
Her mama knew I was taking it hard, said she was sorry about my car.
         E MajorE              BB
She said "You're lucky all she broke was your heart
        E MajorE
You better just let her go."


Chorus
     BB       E MajorE
When Rita leaves, Rita's gone.
  BB                E MajorE
She gave me every chance a man could want.
      A augmentedA
I've never known a love so strong
   E MajorE             A augmentedA
Or so crazy when she's been done wrong.
     BB       E MajorE
When Rita leaves, Rita's gone.


E MajorE
She never gave me a chance to explain.
    A augmentedA                F# minorF#m
Hell I guess it doesn't much matter now anyway.
     BB       E MajorE
When Rita leaves, Rita's gone.
     BB       E MajorE
When Rita leaves, Rita's gone.