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A Letter To Elise

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The Cure

Version
studio
published by
iri
Tone
A-
A+
Slide
A -> La
Video
Chords
	 
[Intro]
|A E F#m D/A|

|A E F#m D/A|

|A E F#m D/A|

[Verse]
A E
Oh Elise it doesn't matter what you say I just can't stay here every
F#m D
yesterday like keep on acting out the same the way we act out
A E
Every way to smile forget and make-believe we never needed
F#m D
Any more than this any more than this
[Bridge]
|A E F#m D/A|
[Verse]
A E
Oh Elise it doesn't matter what you do I know I'll never really
F#m D
get inside of you to make your eyes catch fire the way they should
A E
The way the blue could pull me in if they only would if they only would at
F#m D
least I'd lose this sense of sensing something else that hides away
[Verse]
A E
From me and you there're worlds to part with aching looks and breaking hearts and
F#m D
all the prayers your hands can make oh I just take as much as you can throw
A E
And then throw it all away Oh I throw it all away
F#m D
Like throwing faces at the sky like throwing arms round
[Chorus]
E F#m
Yesterday I stood and stared wide-eyed in front of you and the
E F#m
face I saw looked back the way I wanted to but I
E F#m
just can't hold my tears away the way you do
G F#m
Elise believe I never wanted this
G F#m
I thought this time I'd keep all of my promises
G F#m
I thought you were the girl I always dreamed about
G F#m
But I let the dream go and the promises broke

And the make-believe ran out...
[Bridge]
E - F#m

E - F#m

E - F#m

E - D - A - E - F#m, D

A - E - F#m - D - A - E - F#m - D

[Verse]
A E
So Elise it doesn't matter what you say I just can't stay here every
F#m D
yesterday like keep on acting out the same The way we act out
A E
Every way to smile forget and make-believe we never needed
F#m D
Any more than this any more than this
[Verse]
A E
And every time I try to pick it up like falling sand
F#m D
As fast as I pick it up it runs away through my clutching hands
A E
But there's nothing else I can really do there's nothing else I can really do
F#m D
There's nothing else I can really do at all...