Ah.

Love ly Ri ta, (A)me ter maid,

(E)love ly Ri ta, (B)me ter maid.

(E)Love ly Ri ta, (D)me ter maid, (E)noth ing can come be (B)tween us; (C#m)when it gets dark, I (F#7)tow your heart a (B)way.

Stand ing by a (A)park ing me ter, when I caught a (G)glimpse of Ri ta, (E)fill ing in a tick et in her (B)lit tle white book.

In a cap she (A)looked much old er, and the bag a (G)cross her shoul der (E)made her look a lit tle like a (B)mil i t’ry man.

Oh,

(A)Love ly Ri ta, me ter maid, (E)may I en quire dis (B)creet ly, (C#m)“When are you free to (F#7)take some tea with (B)me?”

(E6)Ah.

Ri ta.

(B)you.

ly Ri ta, (A)me ter maid,

(E)love ly Ri ta, (B)me ter maid.

Love ly Ri ta, (A)me ter maid,

(E)love ly Ri ta, (B)me ter maid.