Key: B
Introduction: A G D A
A G
Lovely Rita meter maid
D A
Lovely Rita meter maid
D C G D A
Lovely Rita meter maid nothing can come between us
Bm E7 A7
When it gets dark I tow your heart away
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 across her shoulder
D A7
Made her look a little like a military man.
D Bm E A
D C G D A
Lovely Rita meter maid may I enquire discreetly
Bm E7 A
When are you free to take some tea with me?
D A
(Ah) Rita!
D C G D A Bm E7 A7
D G C F
Took her out and tried to win her, had a laugh, and over dinner
D A
Told her I would really like to see her again
D G C F
Got the bill and Rita paid it, took her home, I nearly made it,
D A
Sitting on the sofa with a sister or two
D Bm E A
D C G D A
Oh, lovely Rita, meter maid, where would I be without you?
Bm E A
Give us a wink and make me think of you!
A G
Lovely Rita meter maid
D A
Lovely Rita meter maid
A G
Lovely Rita meter maid
D A
Lovely Rita meter maid