A Letter To Elise chords by The Cure (Ver. 3)

Intro:
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Intro 3x: A E F#m D

A                  E
Oh Elise it doesn't matter what you say
               F#m
I just can't stay here every yesterday
       D
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

(A E F#m D) (2x)

A                  E
Oh Elise it doesn't matter what you do
             F#m
I know I'll never really get inside of you
       D
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
F#m                   D
At least I'd lose this sense of sensing something else

That hides away

A
From me and you there're worlds to part
E
With aching looks and breaking hearts
F#m
And all the prayers your hands can make
D                  A
Oh I just take as much as you can throw
            E
And then throw it all away
          F#m
Oh I throw it all away
          D
Like throwing faces at the sky
             E
Like throwing arms round yesterday I stood and stared
  F#m
Wide-eyed in front of you
     E
And the face I saw looked back
      F#m
The way I wanted to
    E               F#m
But I 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 always dreamed about

 G               F#m
But I let the dream go, and the promises broke

And the make-believe ran out...

Solo: E F#m 3x

   E D

   A E F#m D 3x


 A               E
Oh elise it doesn't matter what you say
               F#m
I just can't stay here every yesterday
       D
Like keep on acting out the same

The way we act out
A
Every way to smile, forget,
  E
And make-believe we never needed
F#m
Any more than this
D
Any more than this

A              E
And every time I try to pick it up

Like falling sand
F#m
As fast as I pick it up
    D
It runs away through my clutching hands
   A
But there's nothing else I can really do
E
There's nothing else I can really do
F#m
There's nothing else
        D
I can really do at all...