Lovely Rita - The Beatles

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Capo: Fret 1
Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E

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Song: Lovely Rita
Artist: The Beatles
Composer: Lennon & McCartney
Album: Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
Tabbed by DJ  12th May 2015

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CAPO: 1st fret (Will then sound in the recorded key of Eb)

IMPORTANT NOTE: 
Please IGNORE ANY CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS the website automatically
imposes,they often do not display the best option for a
particular chord sequence.
Just follow the voicings with the numbers listed below:

Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
 = x02200       = x24432      = x02222
     = x02220        = 022100       = x00000
     = 320033       = 020100      = x02030
     = xx0232       = x02020          = 355333
 = xx0222        = 133211       = 355533
     = x32010      = x00003          = 353433

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[Intro]
        
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    Ah, ah - a

       
h, ah---------

   
------!
            
Lovely Rita, m

             
eter maid!  Lo

           
vely Rita, met

er maid!

[Verse 1]
             
(Ah!) Lovely R

            
ita, meter mai

             
d, nothing can

           
 come be - twe

en us,
            
When it gets d

             
ark, I tow you

          
r heart a - wa

y

[Verse 2]
             
   Standing by

             
 a parking met

             
er, ...when I 

         
caught a glimp

se of Rita,
             
Filling in a t

             
icket in her l


ittle white bo

ok,
             
    In a cap s

   
he looked much

 older,
             
    And the ba

       
g, a - cross h

er shoulder,
             
Made her look 

              
a little like 

            
a military man

          
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   /  |

[Verse 3]
            
Lovely Rita, m

            
eter maid, may

              
 I enquire, di

    
s - creetly,
                        (Love------------ly   Rita!)

            
When are you f

             
ree to take so

           
me tea with me

      
?
(Love------------ly  met-------er       maid--------------------!)

        
Ah-----, ah - 

             
ah, ah-----!  


      RITA!

           
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 /  |

[Verse 4]
             
   Took her ou

             
t, and tried t

           
o win her,  ..

.had a laugh,
             
And over dinne

             
r told her I w

              
ould really li

      
ke to see her 

again,
             
   Got the bil

             
l, and Rita pa

        
id it,     too

k her home,
             
I nearly made 

             
it, sitting on

              
 a sofa with a

 
 sister or two

,
         
         Oh, o


h-----!

[Verse 5]
            
Lovely Rita, m

            
eter maid, whe

              
re would I be 

       
with - out you

?
            
Give us a wink

             
, and make me 

           
think of you, 

          
...lovely mete

r maid,
                                    (Lovely Ri------ta, meter maid!)

             
 Rita meter ma

             
id,           

            
        oh, lo

     
vely Rita,   .

..meter maid,
(Lovely Rita, ...meter maid! Lovely Rita,   ...meter maid!)

             
        Hup!  


      Hup!    

Hup - hup - hu

p - hup!
(Lovely Rita, meter maid!)

[Coda]
            
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  (Oh---------

              
-----!   Ah---

              
-------! Oh,  

 
 Baby!)
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