The Cure - A Letter to Elise: Guitar Chords

     A                               E
Oh Elise it doesn't matter what you say,
                             F#m
I just can't stay here every yesterday.
                    D/A
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,
F#m
Any more than this.
D/A
Any more than this.

     A                                E
Oh, Elise it doesn't matter what you do,
                         F#m
I know I'll never really get inside of you.
             D/A
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,
   F#m
At least I'd lose this sense of
        D/A
sensing some-thing else,
That hides away.

      A
From me and you,
They're worlds to part,
     E
With aching looks and breaking hearts,
    F#m
And all the prayers your hands can make.
    D/A
Oh, I just take as much as you can throw,
A
And then throw it all away.
E
Oh, I throw it all away.
F#m                D/A
Like throwing faces at the sky,
Like throwing arms round,

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,
       G
But I let the dream go,
         F#m
And the promises broke,
                         E
And the make-believe ran out.

So, 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
There's nothing else I can really do
At all


You can simplify chords by removing barre