Key: A
Introduction:
A D A
Last night as I got home about a half past ten
D
There was the woman I thought I knew
A
In the arms of another man
A D
I kept my cool, I ain't no fool
A
Let me tell you what happened then
D
I packed some clothes and I walked out
A
And I ain't going back again
A G
So take a letter, Maria, address it to my wife
D A
Say I won't be coming home, gonna start a new life
G
Take a letter, Maria, address it to my wife
D A
Send a copy to my lawyer, I gotta start a new life
A D A
You've been many things but most of all a good secretary to me
D A
And it's times like this I feel you've always been close to me
D A
Was I wrong to work nights to try to build a good life
D A
All work and no play has just cost me a wife
A G
So take a letter, Maria, address it to my wife
D A
Say I won't be coming home, gonna start a new life
G
Take a letter, Maria, address it to my wife
D A
Send a copy to my lawyer, I gotta start a new life
A D A
When a man loves a woman it's hard to understand
D A
That she would find more pleasure in the arms of another man
D A
I never really noticed how sweet you are to me
D A
It just so happens I'm free tonight, would you like to have dinner with me?
A G
So take a letter, Maria, address it to my wife
D A
Say I won't be coming home, gonna start a new life
G
Take a letter, Maria, address it to my wife
D A
Send a copy to my lawyer, I gotta start a new life
A G A
Well, take a letter Maria, address it to my wife . . .