Capo 3 
 
Intro: G  
  
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Last night as I got home about a half past ten 
                      C  
There was the woman I thought I knew 
                       G  
In the arms of another man 
 
  G               C  
I kept my cool, I ain't no fool 
                              G  
Let me tell you what happened then 
                          C  
I packed some clothes and I walked out 
                  G  
And I ain't going back again 
 
   G                       F  
So take a letter, Maria, address it to my wife 
 C                                             G  
Say I won't be coming home, gonna start a new life 
                      F  
Take a letter, Maria, address it to my wife 
 C                                             G  
Send a copy to my lawyer, I gotta start a new life 
 
            G               C                               G  
You've been many things but most of all a good secretary to me 
                           C                                G  
And it's times like this I feel you've always been close to me 
               C                                  G  
Was I wrong to work nights to try to build a good life 
             C                          G  
All work and no play has just cost me a wife 
 
   G                       F  
So take a letter, Maria, address it to my wife 
 C                                             G  
Say I won't be coming home, gonna start a new life 
                      F  
Take a letter, Maria, address it to my wife 
 C                                             G  
Send a copy to my lawyer, I gotta start a new life 
 
 G                  C                       G  
When a man loves a woman it's hard to understand 
                         C                               G  
That she would find more pleasure in the arms of another man 
               C                            G  
I never really noticed how sweet you are to me 
                       C              
It just so happens I'm free tonight, 
                                  G  
would you like to have dinner with me? 
 
   G                       F  
So take a letter, Maria, address it to my wife 
 C                                             G  
Say I won't be coming home, gonna start a new life 
                      F  
Take a letter, Maria, address it to my wife 
 C                                             G  
Send a copy to my lawyer, I gotta start a new life 
 
      G                      F              G  
Well, take a letter Maria, address it to my wife...