Blink 182 A Letter To Elise (The Cure Cover) MTV Icon The Cure 2004 Submitted by: [email protected] Key: A Tuning: Standard EADGBe Chords used: A x02220 E/G# 476xxx F#m 244222 D xx0232 E 022100 Bm x24432 C#m x46654 G 320033 Intro: A E/G# F#m D x2 Verse 1: A Oh Elise it doesn't E/G# matter what you say I just can't stay F#m here every yesterday Like keep on D acting out the same The way we act out A Every way to smile E/G# Forget And make believe we never needed F#m Any more than this D Any more than this Interlude: A E F#m D Verse 2: A Oh Elise it doesn't E/G# matter what you do I know I'll never F#m 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/G# If they only would If they only would F#m At least I'd lose this sense of sensing D something else That hides away A 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 D 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 D Like throwing faces at the sky Like throwing arms around Chorus: 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 I thought this time I'd F#m keep all of my promises G I thought you were the girl F#m I always dreamed about G But I let the dream go F#m And the promises broke Bm And the make believe ran out Interlude: E F#m x2, A Bm E C#m Silence: A E/G# F#m D Distortion: A E F#m D (Repeat Verse 1) Outro: A And every time I try E/G# to pick it up Like falling sand F#m As fast as I pick it up D It runs away through my clutching hands A 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 D(hold) I can really do At all
