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[Parte 1]
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She left a lipstick letter on the mirror shattered on the bathroom floor
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All I could put back together was never see me no more
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Took all her clothes but one red dress, the one she knows I like the best
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All I could do was clean up the mess, and wonder where she had gone
[Parte 2]
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I had a sky-blue rag top Mustang, a 1964
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She drove it off into the night til it just wouldn't go no more
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She caught a ride on into town, bought some gas and laid the top down
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Then she burned that pony to the ground on the desert in New Mexico
[Refrão]
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When Rita leaves, Rita's gone
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She gave me every chance 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's been done wrong
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When Rita leaves, Rita's gone
[Solo] E B7 E E7
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[Parte 3]
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I put a call into her mamasita, back in El Paso
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She said she got the story from Rita on her way to Mexico
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Her mama knew I was taking it hard, said she was sorry about my car
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She said "You're lucky all she broke was your heart
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You better just let her go."
[Refrão]
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When Rita leaves, Rita's gone
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She gave me every chance a man could want
A
I've never known a love so strong
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Or so crazy when she's been done wrong
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When Rita leaves, Rita's gone
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She never gave me a chance to explain
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Hell I guess it doesn't much matter now anyway
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When Rita leaves, Rita's gone
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When Rita leaves, Rita's gone
