R. B. Greaves, Take A Letter Maria (1969)
Key: :[A] (w: R. B. Greaves)
INTRO: [A]
VERSE 1:
[A] Last night as I
[D] got home, about half-past-
[A]-ten
There was the woman I
[D] thought I knew, in the arms of another
[A] man
I keep my cool I
[D] ain't no fool, let me tell you what happened
[A] then
I packed some clothes and
[D] I walked out, and I ain't going back a-
[A]-gain
CHORUS:
So take a
[A] letter Maria,
[G] address it to my wife
[D] Say I won't be coming home, gotta
[A] start a new life
So take a
[A] letter Maria,
[G] address it to my wife
Send a
[D] copy to my lawyer, gotta
[A] start a new life
VERSE 2:
[A] You've been many things, but
[D] most of all, a good secretary to
[A] me
And it's times like this I
[D] feel, you've always been close to
[A] me
Was I wrong to
[D] work nights, to try and build a good
[A] life
But all work and
[D] no play, has just cost me a
[A] wife
REPEAT CHORUS:
VERSE 3:
When a man loves a
[D] woman, it's hard to under-
[A]-stand
That she could find more
[D] pleasure in the arms of another
[A] man
I never really
[D] noticed, how sweet you are to
[A] me
It just so happens I'm
[D] free tonight, would you like to have dinner with
[A] me
REPEAT CHORUS: [x2] 