[Intro] E  B7  E

[Parte 1]
           E                                              B7
She left a lipstick letter on the mirror shattered on the bathroom floor
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All I could put back together was never see me no more
                                 E7                 A                F#m
Took all her clothes but one red dress, the one she knows I like the best
            E                   B7                         E          N.C
All I could do was clean up the mess, and wonder where she had gone

[Parte 2]

        E                             B7
I had a sky-blue rag top Mustang, a 1964
                                                     E
She drove it off into the night til it just wouldn't go no more
                          E7                A                    F#m
She caught a ride on into town, bought some gas and laid the top down
         E                       B7                          E       N.C
Then she burned that pony to the ground on the desert in New Mexico

[Chorus]

          B7             E
When Rita leaves, Rita's gone
    B7                               E
She gave me every chance a man could want
           A
I've never known a love so strong
      E
Or so crazy when she's been done wrong
          B7             E     E
When Rita leaves, Rita's gone

[Solo] E  B7  E  E7
       A  F#m  E  B7  E

[Parte 3]

        E                               B7
I put a call into her mamasita, back in El Paso
                                                   E
She said she got the story from Rita on her way to Mexico
                              E7                 A              F#m
Her mama knew I was taking it hard, said she was sorry about my car
                 E                            B7
She said "You're lucky all she broke was your heart
                    E        
You better just let her go."

[Chorus]

          B7             E
When Rita leaves, Rita's gone
    B7                               E     E7
She gave me every chance a man could want
           A
I've never known a love so strong
      E
Or so crazy when she's been done wrong
          B7             E      E
When Rita leaves, Rita's gone

          E
She never gave me a chance to explain
       A                                F#m
Hell I guess it doesn't much matter now anyway

          B7             E
When Rita leaves, Rita's gone
          B7             E
When Rita leaves, Rita's gone