ARTIST:Gin Blossoms
TITLE:Mrs. Rita (4:25)
WRITTEN BY:Jesse Valenzuela, Jim Swafford.

CHORDS: A x 0 2 2 2 0
Cadd9 0 3 2 0 3 0
D0 (xx0232@1)0 0 2 3 2
Dsus2 0 0 0 2 3 0
Dsus4 0 0 0 2 3 3
Em0 (022000@1)2 2 0 0 0
Em7 0 2 2 0 3 0
G3 (320003@1)2 0 0 3 3

INTRO:

VERSE 1:
        D (xx0232@1)           Cadd9 (x32030@1)        Em7   G (320003@1)      DYou (xx0232@1)can see it in her letters on the paper with her pen
    D (xx0232@1)                 Cadd9 (x32030@1)                Em7    G (320003@1)   DHer (xx0232@1)response is getting stronger I think she's coming round again
D (xx0232@1)          Cadd9 (x32030@1)        Em7    G (320003@1)DTell (xx0232@1)me Mrs. Rita what's it say in my tarot
D (xx0232@1)              Cadd9 (x32030@1)        Em7    G (320003@1)      DRead (xx0232@1)my palm and tell me why do lovers come and go

CHORUS:
              Em (022000@1)         A (x02220@1)         Em (022000@1)          AIs (x02220@1)she coming round for me once again, around or was that just the end
G (320003@1)               A (x02220@1)          DI (xx0232@1)just hope she's coming round again

(w/ Riff 1)
D - Cadd9 - Em7 - G - D
D - Cadd9 - Em7 - G - D

VERSE 2:
          D (xx0232@1)            Cadd9 (x32030@1)      Em7       G (320003@1)     DI've (xx0232@1)been keeping myself busy with my books and with my tapes
D (xx0232@1)              Cadd9 (x32030@1)           Em7       G (320003@1)      DEvery (xx0232@1)day's much better since I've slowed my drinking pace
            D (xx0232@1)            Cadd9 (x32030@1)          Em7       G (320003@1)    DThere's (xx0232@1)no swimming in the bottle it's just someplace we all drown
  D (xx0232@1)            Cadd9 (x32030@1)        Em7   G (320003@1)     DI (xx0232@1)lost myself in sorrow lost my confidence in doubt
               Em (022000@1)         A (x02220@1)         Em (022000@1)          AIs (x02220@1)she coming 'round for me once again, around or was that just the end
G (320003@1)               A (x02220@1)          DI (xx0232@1)just hope she's coming round again

(w/ Riff 1)
D - Cadd9 - Em7 - G - D
D - Cadd9 - Em7 - G - D

BRIDGE:
A (x02220@1)                
Get in the car and drive through town
G (320003@1)                D (xx0232@1) Dsus4 (xx0233@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
Down the block and back around
A (x02220@1)                                    GPretending (320003@1)that she's there with me we drive
DGone (xx0232@1)forever...

SOLO:
D - Cadd9 - Em7 - G - D
D - Cadd9 - Em7 - G - D

VERSE 3:
   D (xx0232@1)               Cadd9 (x32030@1)           Em7   G (320003@1)     DMy (xx0232@1)patience keeps me plaintive my high hopes keep me alone
   D (xx0232@1)             Cadd9 (x32030@1)       Em7       G (320003@1)       DMy (xx0232@1)lover's will is shaken I wish she would just come home
   D (xx0232@1)          Cadd9 (x32030@1)        Em7    G (320003@1)DSo (xx0232@1)tell me Mrs. Rita what's it say in my tarot
D (xx0232@1)              Cadd9 (x32030@1)        Em7    G (320003@1)      DRead (xx0232@1)my palm and tell me why do lovers come and go

Chorus x 2

OUTRO:
D - Cadd9 - Em7 - G - D
D - Cadd9 - Em7 - G - D

Riff 1
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