Lovely Rita The Beatles
CAPO: 1st fret (Sounds in the key of Eb)
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
Asus2 = x02200 Bm = x24432 F#m = 244222
A = x02220 E = 022100 Em = 022000
G = 320033 E7 = 022130 A7sus4 = x02030
D = xx0232 A7 = x02020 Gm = 355333
Dmaj7 = xx0222 F = 133211 G4 = 355533
C = x32010 A/G = 302220 G7 = 353433
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[Intro]
[Asus2] [A] [Asus2] [A] [G] [D] [Dmaj7] [D] [A]
| / / / /__/ | Ah, ah -ah, ah-----------------!
Lov[A]ely Rita, me[G]ter maid! L[D]ovely Rita, me[A]ter maid!
[Verse 1]
Lo[D]vely Rita, me[C]ter m[G]aid, not[D]hing can come be - tw[A]een us,
W[Bm]hen it gets dark, I t[E]ow your he[E7]art a - w[A7]ay----!
[Verse 2]
[D] Standing by a pa[G]rking meter, [C] when I caught a gli[F]mpse of Rita,
Fill[D]ing in a ticket in her li[A7]ttle white book,
[D] In a cap she loo[G]ked much older, [C] and the bag, a - c[F]ross her shoulder,
M[D]ade her look a little like a mi[A7]litary man! | [D]/ [Bm] / [E]/ [A7]/ |
[Verse 3]
Lov[D]ely Rita, me[C]ter ma[G]id, m[D]ay I enquire, dis - cr[A7]eetly,
(Love------------ly Rita!)
[Bm] [E] [E7] [A] [A/G] [F#m] [Em]
When are you free to take some tea with me------------------------? (Love------------ly met-------er maid-----------------------!)
| / / / / | / / / / |
[A7sus4] [A]
Ah-----, ah - ah, ah------! Rita!
| [D]/ / [C]/ [G]/ | [D]/ / [A]/ / | [Bm] / / [E]/ [E7]/ | [A]/ / [A7] / / |
[Verse 4]
[D] Took her out, and tr[G]ied to win her, [C] had a laugh,
And ov[F]er dinner ...to[D]ld her I would really like to [A7]see her again,
[D] Got the bill, and R[G]ita paid it, [C] took her home,
I ne[F]arly made it, sit[D]ting on a sofa with a si[A7]ster or two!
[D] [Bm] [E]Oh, [A7]oh-----!
[Verse 5]
Lo[D]vely Rita, me[C]ter m[G]aid, whe[D]re would I be with - [A7]out you?
Gi[Bm]ve us a wink, and ma[E]ke me th[E7]ink of y[A]ou----, lovely m[G]eter maid!
(Lovely--- Ri-----ta, meter maid!)
Lov[D]ely Rita! [A] [A7] Oh, lovely R[G]ita, meter maid!
(Lovely Rita, meter maid! Lovely Rita, meter maid!)
H[D]up! H[A]up! Hup - hup - hup - hup!
(Lovely Rita, meter maid!)
[Coda]
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