When Rita Leaves chords by Steve Payne

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She left a
lipstick message on the mirror
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and shouted on the bathroom floor
All I could put back together
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was, you'll never see me no more
Took all her clothes, except one red dress
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The one she knows I like the best
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All I could do was clean up the mess
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And wonder where she'd gone
I had a sky blue ragtop
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Mustang, 1964
She drove that car into the night,
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so it just wouldn't roll no more
Hopped a ride into town,
bought some gas
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and laid that top down
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And she burnt my pony to the ground,
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in the desert down in New Mexico
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When Rita leaves, Rita's gone
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She gave me every chance
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a man could ask for
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I've never known a love so strong
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or so crazy when it's in the wrong
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When Rita leaves, Rita is gone
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Oh, oh, oh
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I got a call from
a mama seeder
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Down in El Paso
She said she got a call from me
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To run away down to Mexico
Her mama knew I was taking it hard
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She said, I'm sorry about your car
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You're lucky all that you
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broke was your heart
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You better just let her go
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When Rita leaves, Rita's gone
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She gave me every chance
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a man could want
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I've never known a love so strong
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Or so crazy when she didn't know
When Rita leaves,
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Rita is gone
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I've never known a love so strong
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Or so crazy when she'd
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been done wrong
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When Rita leaves, Rita's gone
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When Rita leaves, Rita's gone
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Rita's gone, ah
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Rita's gone
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Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh