Metronome 50 BPM Very Slow!
[Intro]
C G7 C
[Verse 1]
C G7
She left a lipstick letter on the mirror shattered on the bathroom floor.
C
All I could put back together was never see me no more.
C7 F Dm
Took all her clothes but one red dress, the one she knows I like the best.
C G7 C N.C.
All I could do was clean up the mess, and wonder where she had gone.
[Verse 2]
C G7
I had a sky-blue rag top Mustang, a 1964.
C
She drove it off into the night til it just wouldn't go no more.
C7 F Dm
She caught a ride on into town, bought some gas and laid the top down.
C G7 C N.C.
Then she burned that pony to the ground on the desert in New Mexico.
[Chorus]
G7 C
When Rita leaves, Rita's gone.
G7 C
She gave me every chance a man could want.
F
I've never known a love so strong,
C F
Or so crazy when she's been done wrong.
G7 C C
When Rita leaves, Rita's gone.
[Solo] To Verse
[Verse 3]
C G7
I put a call into her mamasita, back in El Paso.
C
She said she got the story from Rita on her way to Mexico.
C7 F Dm
Her mama knew I was taking it hard, said she was sorry about my car.
C G7
She said "You're lucky all she broke was your heart
C N.C.
You better just let her go."
[Chorus]
[Spoken]
C C
She never gave me a chance to explain.
F F
Hell I guess it doesn't much matter now anyway.
[Sung]
G7 C
When Rita leaves, Rita's gone.
G7 C
When Rita leaves, Rita's gone.
[Coda]
C