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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":39231,"song":"A Letter To Elise","artist":"The Cure","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11539326-a-letter-to-elise-chords-by-the-cure/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/39231?type=chord","rating":4.7711,"votes":426,"content":"The Cure\r\nSong: A Letter to Elise\r\n\r\nTranscribed by: Paul N\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] x3\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]E[/ch]\r\noh Elise it doesn't matter what you say[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nI just can't stay here every yesterday[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nlike keep on acting out the same[/tab]\r\n\r\nthe way we act out\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nevery way to smile[/tab]\r\n\r\nforget\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nand make-believe we never needed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nany more than this[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nany more than this[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] x2\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]E[/ch]\r\noh Elise it doesn't matter what you do[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nI know I'll never really get inside of you[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nto make your eyes catch fire[/tab]\r\n\r\nthe way they should\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nthe way the blue could pull me in[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nif they only would[/tab]\r\n\r\nif they only would\r\n[tab]   [ch]F#m[/ch]                                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nat least I'd lose this sense of sensing something else[/tab]\r\n\r\nthat hides away\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nfrom me and you[/tab]\r\n\r\nthere're worlds to part\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nwith aching looks and breaking hearts[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nand all the prayers your hands can make[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\noh I just take as much as you can throw[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nand then I throw it all away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\noh I throw it all away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nlike throwing faces at the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nlike throwing arms around[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nyesterday[/tab]\r\n\r\nI stood and stared\r\n[tab]     [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nwide-eyed in front of you[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nand the face I saw looked back[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nthe way I wanted to[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nbut I just can't hold my tears away[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nthe way you do[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nElise believe I never wanted this[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nI thought this time I'd keep all of my promises[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nI thought you were the girl always dreamed about[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nbut I let the dream go[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nand the promises broke[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nand the make-believe ran out...[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] x2\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] x3\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nso Elise[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nit doesn't matter what you say[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nI just can't stay here every yesterday[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nlike keep on acting out the same[/tab]\r\n\r\nthe way we act out\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nevery way to smile[/tab]\r\n\r\nforget\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nand make-believe we never needed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nany more than this[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nany more than this[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nand every time I try to pick it up[/tab]\r\n\r\nlike falling sand\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nas fast as I pick it up[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nit runs away through my clutching hands[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand there's nothing else I can really do[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nthere's nothing else I can really do[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nthere's nothing else I can really do[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nat all...[/tab]","plain_text":"The Cure\nSong: A Letter to Elise\n\nTranscribed by: Paul N\n\n\n[Intro]\n\nA E F#m D x3\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\nthe way we act out\n\n\nforget\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\n\nA E F#m D x2\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\nthe way they should\n\n\n\nif they only would\n\n\nthat hides away\n\n\nthere're worlds to part\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI stood and stared\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\n\nE F#m E D x2\nA E F#m D x3\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nthe way we act out\n\n\nforget\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\n\n\nlike falling sand","chords":["A","E","F#m","D","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}