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-----------------!
A G D A
Lovely Rita, meter maid! Lovely Rita, meter maid!
[Verse 1]
D C G D A
Lovely Rita, meter maid, nothing can come be - tween us,
Bm E E7 A7
When it gets dark, I tow your heart a - way----!
[Verse 2]
D G C F
Standing by a parking meter, when I caught a glimpse of Rita,
D A7
Filling in a ticket in her little white book,
D G C F
In a cap she looked much older, and the bag, a - cross her shoulder,
D A7 D Bm E A7
Made her look a little like a military man! | / / / / |
[Verse 3]
D C G D A7
Lovely Rita, meter maid, may I enquire, dis - creetly,
(Love------------ly Rita!)
Bm E E7 A A/G F#m Em
When are you free to take some tea with me------------------------?
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(Love------------ly met-------er maid-----------------------!)
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A7sus4 A
Ah-----, ah - ah, ah------! Rita!
D C G D A Bm E E7 A A7
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[Verse 4]
D G C
Took her out, and tried to win her, had a laugh,
F D A7
And over dinner ...told her I would really like to see her again,
D G C
Got the bill, and Rita paid it, took her home,
F D A7
I nearly made it, sitting on a sofa with a sister or two!
D Bm E A7
Oh, oh-----!
[Verse 5]
D C G D A7
Lovely Rita, meter maid, where would I be with - out you?
Bm E E7 A G
Give us a wink, and make me think of you----, lovely meter maid!
(Lovely--- Ri-----ta, meter maid!)
D A A7 G
Lovely Rita! Oh, lovely Rita, meter maid!
(Lovely Rita, meter maid! Lovely Rita, meter maid!)
D A
Hup! Hup! Hup - hup - hup - hup!
(Lovely Rita, meter maid!)
[Coda]
Gm G4 Gm G4
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G7 G
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