Chords with lyrics
Intro: E MajorE|--0-0-0-0------------------- BB|----------2-2-2-0h2-2------- G+G|---------------------------- D MajorD|---------------------------- A augmentedA|---------------------------- E MajorE|---------------------------- E MajorE|---------------------------- BB|-0h2-3-3--3-3-3-3s2-----0--- G+G|--------------------2-2----- D MajorD|---------------------------- A augmentedA|---------------------------- E MajorE|---------------------------- Intro 3x: A augmentedA E MajorE F# minorF#m D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE Oh Elise it doesn't matter what you say F# minorF#m I just can't stay here every yesterday D MajorD Like keep on acting out the same the way we act out A augmentedA E MajorE Every way to smile, forget, and make-believe we never needed F# minorF#m D MajorD Any more than this, any more than this (A augmentedA E MajorE F# minorF#m D MajorD) (2x) A augmentedA E MajorE Oh Elise it doesn't matter what you do F# minorF#m I know I'll never really get inside of you D MajorD To make your eyes catch fire the way they should A augmentedA E MajorE The way the blue could pull me in, If they only would, if they only would F# minorF#m D MajorD At least I'd lose this sense of sensing something else That hides away A augmentedA From me and you there're worlds to part E MajorE With aching looks and breaking hearts F# minorF#m And all the prayers your hands can make D MajorD A augmentedA Oh I just take as much as you can throw E MajorE And then throw it all away F# minorF#m Oh I throw it all away D MajorD Like throwing faces at the sky E MajorE Like throwing arms round yesterday I stood and stared F# minorF#m Wide-eyed in front of you E MajorE And the face I saw looked back F# minorF#m The way I wanted to E MajorE F# minorF#m But I just can't hold my tears away the way you do
G+G F# minorF#m Elise believe I never wanted this G+G F# minorF#m I thought this time I'd keep all of my promises G+G F# minorF#m I thought you were the girl always dreamed about G+G F# minorF#m But I let the dream go, and the promises broke And the make-believe ran out... Solo: E MajorE F# minorF#m 3x E MajorE D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE F# minorF#m D MajorD 3x A augmentedA E MajorE Oh elise it doesn't matter what you say F# minorF#m I just can't stay here every yesterday D MajorD Like keep on acting out the same The way we act out A augmentedA Every way to smile, forget, E MajorE And make-believe we never needed F# minorF#m Any more than this D MajorD Any more than this A augmentedA E MajorE And every time I try to pick it up Like falling sand F# minorF#m As fast as I pick it up D MajorD It runs away through my clutching hands A augmentedA But there's nothing else I can really do E MajorE There's nothing else I can really do F# minorF#m There's nothing else D MajorD I can really do at all...
Other versions of A Letter To Elise
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for A thousand hours by The Cure
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A letter to elise | Chords |
A letter to elise | Tabs |
A letter to elise (Ver. 2) | Chords |