When Rita Leaves Delbert McClinton
She left a lipstick letter [E]on the mirror shattered on the bathroom floor.[B]
All I could put back together was never see me[E] no more.
Took all her clothes but one red dress, the [A]one she knows I like the [F#m]best.
All I could [E]do was clean up the [B]mess, and wonder where she'd[E] gone.
I had a [E]sky-blue rag top Mustang, a 196[B]4.
She drove it off into the night til it just wouldn't [E]go no more.
She caught a ride on into town, bought some [A]gas and laid the top [F#m]down.
Then she [E]burned that pony to the [B]ground on the desert in New [E]Mexico.
Chorus
When Rita [B]leaves, Rita's [E]gone.
She [B]gave me every chance a man could [E]want.
I've never [A]known a love so strong,
Or so [E]crazy when she's been done [A]wrong.
When Rita [B]leaves, Rita's [E]gone.
Solo: E B E A F#m E B E
I put a [E]call into her mamasita, back in [B]El Paso.
She said she got the story from Rita on her way to [E]Mexico.
Her mama knew I was taking it hard, said she was [A]sorry about my [F#m]car.
She said "You're l[E]ucky all she broke was your h[B]eart
You better just [E]let her go."
Chorus
When Rita [B]leaves, Rita's [E]gone.
She [B]gave me every chance a man could [E]want.
I've never [A]known a love so strong
Or so [E]crazy when she's been done [A]wrong.
When Rita [B]leaves, Rita's [E]gone.
[E]She never gave me a chance to explain.
Hell I [A]guess it doesn't much matter now [F#m]anyway.
When Rita [B]leaves, Rita's [E]gone.
When Rita [B]leaves, Rita's [E]gone.
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