The Cure
Song: A Letter to Elise

Transcribe by: Paul N

This one of my most favorite songs and I hope you enjoy


   A                               E
oh elise it doesn't matter what you say
                             Bm
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
Bm
any more than this
D
any more than this

    A                               E
oh elise it doesn't matter what you do
                         Bm
I know i'll never really get inside of you
             D
to make your eyes catch fire

the way they should
A
the way the blue could pull me in
        E
if they only would

if they only would
   Bm                                        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
    Bm
and all the prayers your hands can make
   D
oh I just take as much as you can throw
A
and then I throw it all away
E
oh I throw it all away
Bm
like throwing faces at the sky
     D
like throwing arms around
E
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
but I just can't hold my tears away
    F#m
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
      Bm
but I let the dream go
        D
and the promises broke
                         A
and the make-believe ran out...

    A
so elise
                           E
it doesn't matter what you say
                             Bm
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
Bm
any more than this
D
any more than this

    A                           E
and every time I try to pick it up

like falling sand
Bm
as fast as I pick it up
         D
it runs away through my clutching hands
            A
and there's nothing else I can really do
E
there's nothing else I can really do
Bm
there's nothing else I can really do
   D
at all...


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 CAPO 2 

     G                               D   
Oh Elise it doesn't matter what you say 
                           Am
I just can't stay here every yesterday 
                     C
like keep on acting out the same the way we act out 
 G                         D
every way to smile forget and make-believe we never needed 
 Am               C                 G D Am C
any more than this any more than this 
 
     G                               D        
Oh Elise it doesn't matter what you do I know 
                 Am 
I'll never really get inside of you 
              C 
to make your eyes catch fire the way they should 
 G                                    D
The way the blue could pull me in if they only would 
if they only would 
    Am                                        C
at least I'd lose this sense of sensing something else 
that hides away  
     G                                    D               
from me and you there're worlds to part with aching looks 
           Am 
and breaking hearts  
                                         C             
and all the prayers your hands can make oh I just take 
                      G 
as much as you can throw  
                              D                    
and then I throw it all away oh I throw it all away
Am 
like throwing faces at the sky 
      C                  
like throwing arms around  
 D                              Em
Yesterday I stood and stared wide-eyed in front of you 
     D                              Em 
and the face I saw looked back the way I wanted to 
       D                           Em
but I just can't hold my tears away the way you do 
   F                   Em          F                 
Elise believe I never wanted this I thought this time
             Em 
I'd keep all of my promises 
   F                                Em
I thought you were the girl always dreamed about 
       Am                    C                 
but I let the dream go and the promises broke 
and the make-believe ran out... 
 
D Em D Em }x2 Am C
 
 G                              D        
So Elise it doesn't matter what you say 
                     Am
I just can't stay here every yesterday 
                     C                             
like keep on acting out the same the way we act out
 G 
every way to smile forget 
     D                            Am       
and make-believe we never needed any more 
             C
than this any more than this 
 
     G                           D                   
And every time I try to pick it up like falling sand 
 Am 
as fast as I pick it up 
          C                             
it runs away through my clutching hands 
           G
and there's nothing else I can really do 
 D                                 Am                     
there's nothing else I can really do there's nothing else 
            C
I can really do at all... 

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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

Oh Elise it doesn´t matter what you do
I know I´ll never really get inside of you
To make your eyes catch fire the way they should
The way the blue could pull me in
If they only would, if they only would
At least I´d lose this sense of sensing something else
That hides away

From me and you there´re worlds to part
With aching looks and breaking hearts
And all the prayers your hands can make
Oh I just take as much as you can throw
And then throw it all away
Oh I throw it all away
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

I thought this time I´d keep all of my promises

I thought you were the girl always dreamed about

But I let the dream go, and the promises broke

And the make-believe ran out...



Oh elise it doesn´t matter what you say
I just can´t stay here every yesterday
Like keep on acting out the same
The way we act out
Every way to smile, forget,
And make-believe we never needed
Any more than this
Any more than this

And every time I try to pick it up
Like falling sand
As fast as I pick it up
It runs away through my clutching hands
But there´s nothing else I can really do
There´s nothing else
I can really do at all...