AADA
Last night as I got home about a half past ten
D
There was the woman I thought I knew
A
In the arms of another man
AD
I kept my cool, I ain't no fool
A
Let me tell you what happened then
D
I packed some clothes and I walked out
A
And I ain't going back again
AG
So take a letter, Maria, address it to my wife
DA
Say I won't be coming home, gonna start a new life
G
Take a letter, Maria, address it to my wife
DA
Send a copy to my lawyer, I gotta start a new life
ADA
You've been many things but most of all a good secretary to me
DA
And it's times like this I feel you've always been close to me
DA
Was I wrong to work nights to try to build a good life
DA
All work and no play has just cost me a wife
AG
So take a letter, Maria, address it to my wife
DA
Say I won't be coming home, gonna start a new life
G
Take a letter, Maria, address it to my wife
DA
Send a copy to my lawyer, I gotta start a new life
ADA
When a man loves a woman it's hard to understand
DA
That she would find more pleasure in the arms of another man
DA
I never really noticed how sweet you are to me
DA
It just so happens I'm free tonight, would you like to have dinner with me?
AG
So take a letter, Maria, address it to my wife
DA
Say I won't be coming home, gonna start a new life
G
Take a letter, Maria, address it to my wife
DA
Send a copy to my lawyer, I gotta start a new life
AGA
Well, take a letter Maria, address it to my wife . . .