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A Letter To Elise

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A Letter To Elise (The Cure Cover)
Key: A  
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
      Ax02220
   E/G#476xxx
    F#m244222
      Dxx0232
      E022100
     Bmx24432
    C#mx46654
      G320033
Intro:   A    E/G#    F#m     Dx2
Verse 1:
Oh EAlise it doesn't 
matter what you E/G#say
I just can't stay 
here every F#myesterday
Like keep on 
Dacting out the same
The way we act out
AEvery way to smile
Forget And E/G#make believe 
we never needed
F#mAny more than this
DAny more than this
Interlude:   A    E    F#m    D  
Verse 2:
Oh EAlise it doesn't 
matter what you E/G#do
I know I'll never 
really F#mget inside of you
To make your Deyes catch fire
The way they should
The Away the blue
could pull me in
If they E/G#only would
If they only would
At F#mleast I'd lose this 
sense of sensing 
Dsomething else
That hides away
But Ayou and me
There're worlds to part
With E/G#aching looks
and breaking hearts
And F#mall your prayers
hands can make
And DOh I just take as much 
as you can throw
  AAnd then throw it all aE/G#way
Oh I throw it all aF#mway
Like throwing faces Dat the sky
Like throwing arms around
Chorus:
EYesterday
I stood and stared
Wide F#meyed in front of you
And the Eface I saw looked back
The way I F#mwanted to
But I Ejust can't
hold my tears away
The F#mway you do
EGlise believe I never F#mwanted this
I Gthought this time I'd 
keep all of my F#mpromises
I Gthought you were the girl
I always F#mdreamed about
But I Glet the dream go
And the F#mpromises broke
And the Bmmake believe ran out
Interlude:   E     F#mx2,   A    Bm    E    C#m  
Silence:   A    E/G#    F#m    D  
Distortion:   A    E    F#m    D  
(Repeat Verse 1)
Outro:
And Aevery time I try 
to pick it E/G#up
Like falling sand
As F#mfast as I pick it up
It runs aDway through 
my clutching hands
But there's Anothing 
else I can really do
There's E/G#nothing else 
I can really do
There's F#mnothing else
                   D(hold)
I can really do At all 

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A Letter To Elise

by Blink-182

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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E/G#

F#m

C#m

A Letter To Elise (The Cure Cover)

Key:

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:

x02220

E/G#

476xxx

F#m

244222

xx0232

022100

x24432

C#m

x46654

320033

A E/G# F#m D

Intro: x2

Verse 1:

Oh Elise it doesn't

E/G#

matter what you say

I just can't stay

F#m

here every yesterday

Like keep on

acting out the same

The way we act out

Every way to smile

E/G#

Forget And make believe

we never needed

F#m

Any more than this

A E F#m D

Interlude:

Verse 2:

Oh Elise it doesn't

E/G#

matter what you do

I know I'll never

F#m

really get inside of you

To make your eyes catch fire

The way they should

The way the blue

could pull me in

E/G#

If they only would

F#m

At least I'd lose this

sense of sensing

something else

That hides away

But you and me

There're worlds to part

E/G#

With aching looks

and breaking hearts

F#m

And all your prayers

hands can make

And Oh I just take as much

as you can throw

A E/G#

And then throw it all away

F#m

Oh I throw it all away

Like throwing faces at the sky

Like throwing arms around

Chorus:

Yesterday

I stood and stared

F#m

Wide eyed in front of you

And the face I saw looked back

F#m

The way I wanted to

But I just can't

hold my tears away

F#m

The way you do

G F#m

Elise believe I never wanted this

I thought this time I'd

F#m

keep all of my promises

I thought you were the girl

F#m

I always dreamed about

But I let the dream go

F#m

And the promises broke

And the make believe ran out

E F#m A Bm E C#m

Interlude: x2,

A E/G# F#m D

Silence:

A E F#m D

Distortion:

(Repeat Verse 1)

Outro:

And every time I try

E/G#

to pick it up

Like falling sand

F#m

As fast as I pick it up

It runs away through

my clutching hands

But there's nothing

else I can really do

E/G#

There's nothing else

I can really do

F#m

There's nothing else

(hold)

I can really do At all

About A Letter To Elise Chords by Blink-182

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