

| B | A | E | B | |
| Lovely Rita | meter maid | Lovely Rita | meter maid |
| E | D | A | E | B | |
| Lovely Rita | meter | maid | nothing can come be | tween us |
| C#m | F#7 | B | |
| When it gets dark I | tow your heart a | way |
| E | A | D | G | |
| Standing by a | parking meter | when I caught a | glimpse of Rita |
| E | B | |
| filling in a ticket in her | little white book |
| In a cap whe looked much older, and the bag across her shoulder |
| made her look a little like a military man |
| E | C#m | F#m7 | B7 | |
| E | D | A | E | B | |
| Lovely Rita | meter | maid | may I enquire dis | creetly |
| C#m | F#7 | B | A/B | G#m/B | F#m/B | |
| When are you free to | take some tea with | me? |
| E6/B | B7 | E | D | A|E | B7 | E | F#7 | B7 | |
| Ah Rita |
| CHORUS |
| Took her out and tried to win her, had a laugh, and over dinner |
| told her I would really like to see her again |
| Got the bill and Rita paid it, took her home, I nearly made it, |
| sitting on the sofa with a sister or two |
| Oh, lovely Rita, meter maid, where would I be without you? |
| Give us a wink and make me think of you |
| CHORUS |
| C#m = xx2120 |
| F#7 = xx4320 |
| F#m7 = xx2222 |
| B7 = x21202 |
| A/B = x2222x |
| G#m/B = x2110x |
| F#m/B = x24222 |
| E6/B = x22120 |