Tear Stained Letter Live chords by Richard Thompson

Tuning: EADGBE

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