Lovely Rita - The Beatles
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Capo: Fret 1
Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E
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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/ :||[x2]
(Oh---------
-----! Ah---
-------! Oh,
Baby!)
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