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A Letter To Elise

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Song:   Letter To Elise
Artist: The Cure
Album:  Wish (1992)
                                                    in G#
URL:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLW22B5R3Mc ;
        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Letter_to_Elise 
Tempo:  3|4
Capo 2
Chords:  EADGBe
G
        320003  
D
        XX0232
Em
       022000
C/G
      332010
F
        133211        
INTRO: [Instrumental]
 GDEmC/G
|   |
 GDEmC/G
|   |
 GDEmC/G
|   |
VERSE 1:
   G                                D
Oh Elise it doesn't matter what you say,
                             Em
I just can't stay here every yesterday.
                    C/G
Like keep on acting out the same,
The way we act out,
G
Every way to smile.
Forget,
    D
And make-believe we never needed,
Em
Any more than this.
C/G
Any more than this.
REFRAIN 1: [Instrumental]
 GDEmC/G
|   |
 GDEmC/G
|   |
VERSE 2:
    G                                D
Oh, Elise it doesn't matter what you do,
                         Em
I know I'll never really get inside of you.
             C/G
To make your eyes catch fire,
The way they should.
    G
The way the blue could pull me in,
        D
If they only would.
If they only would,
   Em                                        C/G
At least I'd lose this sense of sensing some-thing else,
That hides away.
     G
From me and you,
They're worlds to part,
     D
With aching looks and breaking hearts,
    Em
And all the prayers your hands can make.
      C/G
Oh, I just take as much as you can throw,
G
And then throw it all away.
    D
Oh, I throw it all away.
Em                  C/G
Like throwing faces at the sky,
Like throwing arms round,
D
Yesterday.
I stood and stared,
     Em
Wide-eyed in front of you,
    D
And the face I saw looked back,
        Em
The way I wanted to,
      D
But I just can't hold my tears away,
    Em
The way you do.
CHORUS:
F               Em
Elise believe I never wanted this,
  F                                     Em
I thought this time, I'd keep all of my promises.
  F                                Em
I thought you were the girl always dreamed about,
    F
But I let the dream go,
        Em
And the promises broke,
                         D
And the make-believe ran out...
INSTRUMENTAL BREAK:
 DEmD  Em
|     |
 DEmD   C
|      |
REFRAIN 2: [Instrumental]
 GD EmC/G
|    |
 GD EmC/G
|    |
 GD EmC/G
|    |
VERSE 3:
    G
So, Elise,
                           D
It doesn't matter what you say.
                             Em
I just can't stay here every yesterday,
                    C/G
Like keep on acting out the same.
The way we act out,
G
Every way to smile,
Forget.
    D
And make-believe we never needed,
Em
Any more than this,
C/G
Any more than this.
    G                           D
And every time I try to pick it up,
Like falling sand,
Em
As fast as I pick it up.
        C/G
It runs away through my clutching hands,
            G
But there's nothing else I can really do.
D
There's nothing else,
I can really do,
Em
There's nothing else,
I can really do,
   C/G
At all...
CODA:
(Em)(G) [Picked Lead Out & Fade]
End

A Letter To Elise chords and lyrics

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Song:   Letter To Elise
Artist: The Cure
Album:  Wish (1992)
URL:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLW22B5R3Mc [in G#];
        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Letter_to_Elise 
Tempo:  3|4
Capo 2
Chords:  EADGBe
G        320003  
D        XX0232
Em       022000
C/G      332010
F        133211        
INTRO: [Instrumental]
|G D Em C/G|
|G D Em C/G|
|G D Em C/G|
VERSE 1:
The way we act out,
Forget,
REFRAIN 1: [Instrumental]
|G D Em C/G|
|G D Em C/G|
VERSE 2:
The way they should.
If they only would,
That hides away.
They're worlds to part,
Like throwing arms round,
I stood and stared,
CHORUS:
INSTRUMENTAL BREAK:
|D Em D   Em|
|D Em D    C|
REFRAIN 2: [Instrumental]
|G D  Em C/G|
|G D  Em C/G|
|G D  Em C/G|
VERSE 3:
The way we act out,
Forget.
Like falling sand,
I can really do,
I can really do,
CODA:
(Em)(G) [Picked Lead Out & Fade]
[End]

A Letter To Elise Chords by The Cure

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