Tear Stained Letter chords

Richard Thompson

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  			Intro 
E   A   E   A   D   G 

verse 1 
       E 
It was three in the morning when she took me apart 
     A 
She wrecked the furniture, she wrecked my heart 
     E 
She danced on my head like Arthur Murray 
    A 
The scars ain't never going to mend in a hurry 
D 
Just when I thought I could learn to forget her 
G 
Right through the door come a tear-stained letter 

Chorus 
B       C 
Oh, oh, oh love love 
D 
Cry, cry if it makes you feel better 
G 
Set it all down in a tear-stained letter 

B       C 
Oh, oh, oh love love love 
D 
Cry, cry if it makes you feel better 
G 
Set it all down in a tear-stained letter 

Break Accordian 
E   A    E    A 

verse 2 
         E 
Well my head was beating like a song by the Clash 
        A 
It was writing cheques that my body couldn't cash 
E 
Got to my feet, I was reeling and dizzy 
A 
I went for the 'phone but the line was busy 
D 
Just when I thought that things would get better 
G 
Right through the door come a tear-stained letter 

Chorus 
B       C 
Oh, oh, oh love love 
D 
Cry, cry if it makes you feel better 
G 
Set it all down in a tear-stained letter 

B       C 
Oh, oh, oh love love love 
D 
Cry, cry if it makes you feel better 
G 
Set it all down in a tear-stained letter 

Instrumental Break Accordian 
E   A   E   A   D   G 

Guitar Solo 
B   C   D   G 

Break Accordian/Guitar 
B   C   D   G 

verse 3 
E 
Well I like coffee and I like tea 
A 
But I just don't like this fiddle-di-dee 
E 
It makes me nervous, it gives me the hives 
A 
Waiting for a kiss from a bunch of fives 
D 
Just when I think I could learn to forget her 
G 
Right through the door come a tear-stained letter 

Chorus 
B       C 
Oh, oh, oh love love 
D 
Cry, cry if it makes you feel better 
G 
Set it all down in a tear-stained letter 

B       C 
Oh, oh, oh love love love 
D 
Cry, cry if it makes you feel better 
G 
Set it all down in a tear-stained letter 

B       C 
Oh, oh, oh love love love 
D 
Cry, cry if it makes you feel better 
G 
Set it all down in a tear-stained letter 

Outro 
Sax solo 
B   C   D   G 
Accordian solo 
B   C   D   G 
Sax I solo 
B   C   D   G 
Sax II solo 
B   C   D   G 
Accordian solo 
B   C   D   G 
Sax solo 
B   C   D   G 
Accordian II 
B   C   D   G 
Guitar 
B   C   D   G 
Sax 
B   C   D   G 
Accordian/Guitar - end 
B   C   D   G F# G