Chords for The cure - A letter to Elise (Lyrics)
Tempo:
100 bpm
Chords used:
F#m
A
D
E
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C#m] .
[F#m] .
[D] [A] .
[F#m] [E] .
[F#m] [D] .
[C#m] Oh at least it doesn't matter what you [C#] say I just can't stay [A] here [F#] every yesterday.
Like keep on [A] acting [D] out the same way we act [C#m] out.
Every way to smile, forget them, believe we'll never [E] need this.
Any [F#m] more than this, [D] any more than this.
[B] [A] .
[E] .
[F#] [F#m] [D] .
[A] Oh at least it doesn't matter what you [C#m] do I know I'll [F#] literally get inside of you.
To [D] make your eyes catch fire the way they should.
[A] The way the blue [C#m] could pull me in if they only would.
[F#m] At least I'd lose this tense, extensive, [D] something else that hides [Bm] away.
[A] From [C#m] me and you, the walls you part with.
Aching loose and breaking hearts and all the friends your hands can make.
[D] I just take as much as [A] you throw.
And then throw it all [C#m] away.
Oh I'll throw it all [F#] away .
Like [A] throwing [D] faces at the sky, like throwing arms [E] down.
Yesterday I stood and stared [A] while I'm in front of you.
The [E] face I saw looked back the way [F#m] I wanted to.
But [E] I just can't hold my tears [A] away the way you do.
[G] At least believe [C#] I never [F#m] wanted this.
[G] But this time I gave [A] all of [F#m] my promises.
I [G] thought you were the [Bm] girl I [F#m] always dreamed about.
But [G] I let my dream go.
[C#] And [F#m] I promised this world would make believe [E] that I'm.
At .
[F#m] [A] [E] .
[F#m] .
[E] [F#m] .
[E] .
[A] [D] [A] .
[E] [F#m] .
[D] .
[A] least it doesn't matter [B] what you [C#m] do.
I just can't stay [F#m] here every yesterday like people [D] acting out.
I just can't stay the way we act out.
[A] Every way is flawed, [B] forget and [E] make believe.
We'll never need [F#m] this any more than [C#m] this.
[D] Any more than this.
[A] Every time I try [F#m] to pick [E] it up like falling sand.
As [F#m] fast as I pick it up [C#m] it runs [D] away through my clutching hands.
[A] But there's nothing else I can really [C#m] do.
There's nothing else I can really do.
[F#m] There's nothing else I can really [E] do [D] at all .
[F#m] .
[D] [A] .
[F#m] [E] .
[F#m] [D] .
[C#m] Oh at least it doesn't matter what you [C#] say I just can't stay [A] here [F#] every yesterday.
Like keep on [A] acting [D] out the same way we act [C#m] out.
Every way to smile, forget them, believe we'll never [E] need this.
Any [F#m] more than this, [D] any more than this.
[B] [A] .
[E] .
[F#] [F#m] [D] .
[A] Oh at least it doesn't matter what you [C#m] do I know I'll [F#] literally get inside of you.
To [D] make your eyes catch fire the way they should.
[A] The way the blue [C#m] could pull me in if they only would.
[F#m] At least I'd lose this tense, extensive, [D] something else that hides [Bm] away.
[A] From [C#m] me and you, the walls you part with.
Aching loose and breaking hearts and all the friends your hands can make.
[D] I just take as much as [A] you throw.
And then throw it all [C#m] away.
Oh I'll throw it all [F#] away .
Like [A] throwing [D] faces at the sky, like throwing arms [E] down.
Yesterday I stood and stared [A] while I'm in front of you.
The [E] face I saw looked back the way [F#m] I wanted to.
But [E] I just can't hold my tears [A] away the way you do.
[G] At least believe [C#] I never [F#m] wanted this.
[G] But this time I gave [A] all of [F#m] my promises.
I [G] thought you were the [Bm] girl I [F#m] always dreamed about.
But [G] I let my dream go.
[C#] And [F#m] I promised this world would make believe [E] that I'm.
At .
[F#m] [A] [E] .
[F#m] .
[E] [F#m] .
[E] .
[A] [D] [A] .
[E] [F#m] .
[D] .
[A] least it doesn't matter [B] what you [C#m] do.
I just can't stay [F#m] here every yesterday like people [D] acting out.
I just can't stay the way we act out.
[A] Every way is flawed, [B] forget and [E] make believe.
We'll never need [F#m] this any more than [C#m] this.
[D] Any more than this.
[A] Every time I try [F#m] to pick [E] it up like falling sand.
As [F#m] fast as I pick it up [C#m] it runs [D] away through my clutching hands.
[A] But there's nothing else I can really [C#m] do.
There's nothing else I can really do.
[F#m] There's nothing else I can really [E] do [D] at all .
Key:
F#m
A
D
E
C#m
F#m
A
D
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ .
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ .
_ _ [F#m] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ .
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ .
_ _ [C#m] Oh at least it doesn't matter what you [C#] say I just can't stay [A] here [F#] every yesterday.
Like keep on [A] acting [D] out the same way we act [C#m] out.
Every way to smile, forget them, believe we'll never [E] need this.
Any [F#m] more than this, _ [D] any more than this.
[B] _ [A] _ _ .
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ .
_ [F#] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ _ .
_ _ [A] Oh at least it doesn't matter what you [C#m] do I know I'll _ [F#] literally get inside of you.
To [D] make your eyes catch fire the way they should.
[A] The way the blue [C#m] could pull me in if they _ _ only would.
[F#m] At least I'd lose this tense, extensive, [D] something else that hides [Bm] away.
[A] From [C#m] me and you, the walls you part with.
Aching loose and breaking hearts and all the friends your hands can make.
[D] I just take as much as [A] you throw.
And then throw it all [C#m] away.
Oh I'll throw it all [F#] away _ .
Like [A] throwing [D] faces at the sky, like throwing arms [E] down.
Yesterday I stood and stared [A] while I'm in front of you.
The [E] face I saw looked back the way [F#m] I wanted to.
But [E] I just can't hold my tears [A] away the way you do.
[G] At least believe [C#] I never [F#m] wanted this.
_ _ [G] But this time I gave [A] all of [F#m] my promises.
I _ [G] thought you were the [Bm] girl I [F#m] always dreamed about.
But [G] I let my dream go.
[C#] And [F#m] I promised this world would make believe [E] that I'm.
At _ _ .
_ [F#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ .
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ .
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ .
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ .
[A] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ .
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ .
_ _ _ [A] least it doesn't matter [B] what you [C#m] do.
I just can't stay [F#m] here every yesterday like people [D] acting out.
I just can't stay the way we act out.
[A] Every way is flawed, [B] forget and [E] make believe.
We'll never need [F#m] this any more than [C#m] this.
[D] Any more than this.
_ [A] Every time I try [F#m] to pick [E] it up like falling sand.
As [F#m] fast as I pick it up [C#m] it runs [D] away through my clutching hands.
[A] But there's nothing else I can really [C#m] do.
There's nothing else I can really do.
[F#m] There's nothing else I can really [E] do [D] at all _ _ _ .
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ .
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ .
_ _ [F#m] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ .
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ .
_ _ [C#m] Oh at least it doesn't matter what you [C#] say I just can't stay [A] here [F#] every yesterday.
Like keep on [A] acting [D] out the same way we act [C#m] out.
Every way to smile, forget them, believe we'll never [E] need this.
Any [F#m] more than this, _ [D] any more than this.
[B] _ [A] _ _ .
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ .
_ [F#] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ _ .
_ _ [A] Oh at least it doesn't matter what you [C#m] do I know I'll _ [F#] literally get inside of you.
To [D] make your eyes catch fire the way they should.
[A] The way the blue [C#m] could pull me in if they _ _ only would.
[F#m] At least I'd lose this tense, extensive, [D] something else that hides [Bm] away.
[A] From [C#m] me and you, the walls you part with.
Aching loose and breaking hearts and all the friends your hands can make.
[D] I just take as much as [A] you throw.
And then throw it all [C#m] away.
Oh I'll throw it all [F#] away _ .
Like [A] throwing [D] faces at the sky, like throwing arms [E] down.
Yesterday I stood and stared [A] while I'm in front of you.
The [E] face I saw looked back the way [F#m] I wanted to.
But [E] I just can't hold my tears [A] away the way you do.
[G] At least believe [C#] I never [F#m] wanted this.
_ _ [G] But this time I gave [A] all of [F#m] my promises.
I _ [G] thought you were the [Bm] girl I [F#m] always dreamed about.
But [G] I let my dream go.
[C#] And [F#m] I promised this world would make believe [E] that I'm.
At _ _ .
_ [F#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ .
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ .
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ .
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ .
[A] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ .
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ .
_ _ _ [A] least it doesn't matter [B] what you [C#m] do.
I just can't stay [F#m] here every yesterday like people [D] acting out.
I just can't stay the way we act out.
[A] Every way is flawed, [B] forget and [E] make believe.
We'll never need [F#m] this any more than [C#m] this.
[D] Any more than this.
_ [A] Every time I try [F#m] to pick [E] it up like falling sand.
As [F#m] fast as I pick it up [C#m] it runs [D] away through my clutching hands.
[A] But there's nothing else I can really [C#m] do.
There's nothing else I can really do.
[F#m] There's nothing else I can really [E] do [D] at all _ _ _ .