{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1739674,"song":"When Rita Leaves","artist":"Delbert McClinton","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11373278-when-rita-leaves-chords-by-delbert-mcclinton/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1739674?type=chord","rating":4.71419,"votes":77,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]E[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]                                              [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nShe left a lipstick letter on the mirror shattered on the bathroom floor.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAll I could put back together was never see me no more.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]E7[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nTook all her clothes but one red dress, the one she knows I like the best.[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]B7[/ch]                         [ch]E[/ch]          N.C.\r\nAll I could do was clean up the mess, and wonder where she had gone.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]                             [ch]B7[/ch]                        \r\nI had a sky-blue rag top Mustang, a 1964.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                     [ch]E[/ch]     \r\nShe drove it off into the night til it just wouldn't go no more.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]E7[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]F#m[/ch]        \r\nShe caught a ride on into town, bought some gas and laid the top down.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]B7[/ch]                          [ch]E[/ch]       N.C.\r\nThen she burned that pony to the ground on the desert in New Mexico.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]          [ch]B7[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhen Rita leaves, Rita's gone.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B7[/ch]                               [ch]E[/ch]     \r\nShe gave me every chance a man could want.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]      \r\nI've never known a love so strong,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOr so crazy when she's been done wrong.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]B7[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhen Rita leaves, Rita's gone.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Solo]  \r\n[ch]E[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] \r\n[ch]E[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] \r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] \r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch] \r\nN.C.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]                               [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nI put a call into her mamasita, back in El Paso.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nShe said she got the story from Rita on her way to Mexico.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]E7[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nHer mama knew I was taking it hard, said she was sorry about my car.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]E[/ch]                            [ch]B7[/ch]                                 \r\nShe said \"You're lucky all she broke was your heart[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]E[/ch]         N.C.\r\nYou better just let her go.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]          [ch]B7[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhen Rita leaves, Rita's gone.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B7[/ch]                               [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nShe gave me every chance a man could want.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]      \r\nI've never known a love so strong,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOr so crazy when she's been done wrong.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]B7[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhen Rita leaves, Rita's gone.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Spoken]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nShe never gave me a chance to explain.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                                [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nHell I guess it doesn't much matter now anyway.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Sung]\r\n[tab]          [ch]B7[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhen Rita leaves, Rita's gone.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]B7[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhen Rita leaves, Rita's gone.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Coda]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nE B7 E\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]  \nE E B7 B7 B7 B7 \nE E E E E7 \nA F#m E B7 E \n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Spoken]\n\n\n\n[Sung]\n\n\n\n[Coda]\nE","chords":["E","B7","E7","A","F#m","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]}}}