A Letter To Elise
View chords used in this chart
Afinação: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb EbTecla: AbCapotraste: Sem capotraste
A Letter To Elise - 1990 Demo by The Cure
Album: Wish (30th Anniversary Edition) 2022
Disc 2 Track 3
[Intro]
(You could play this throughout A E F#m D progression or for 2nd guitar filling.
But the way I played, I just play this on the first intro)
A E
eb|-----12---------12---------|-----7-7-------7-7---------|
Bb|--10---10-----10--10-------|--9---------9--------------|
Gb|---------------------------|---------------------------|
Db|---------------------------|---------------------------|
Ab|---------------------------|---------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------|---------------------------|
F#m D
eb|-----9--9---------9--9-----|-----9-10------10-9-7------|
Bb|--10-----------10----------|--10------------------10---|
Gb|---------------------------|---------------------------|
Db|---------------------------|---------------------------|
Ab|---------------------------|---------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------|---------------------------|
This plucking tab refers to their MTV Unplugged performance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqG_Z7VNZZo
[Intro]
A E F#m D
A E F#m D
A E F#m D
[Verse 1]
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
Every way to smile
E
Forget, and make-believe we never needed
F#m D
Any more than this, any more than this
[Link]
A E F#m D
A E F#m D
[Verse 2]
A E
Oh, Elise it doesn't matter what you do
F#m
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 will pull me in
E
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
From me and you, there's worlds to part
E
With aching lips and breaking hearts
F#m
And all the smiles your hands can break
D
But I can take as much as you can throw
A E
And then throw it all away
F#m
Oh, I throw it all away
D
Like throwing faces at the sky, like throwing arms round
[Bridge]
E
Yesterday, I stood and stared
F#m
Like a stone in front of you
E
And the way I stared it felt
F#m
I looked right out of you
E
And watching me stand like stone
F#m
I broke inside of you
[Chorus]
G F#m
Elise believe me, take me away from this
G F#m
And secretly we'll slip into all our promises
G F#m
Away from it all, in the cover of the night again
G
And we watch the years fall
F#m E
And then we'll dream it all back like this, once more
[Instrumental]
E F#m
E F#m
E F#m
E D
A E F#m D
A E F#m D
A E F#m D
[Outro]
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
Every way to smile
E
Forget, and make-believe we never needed
F#m D
Any more than this, any more than this
A E
And every time I try to pick it up, like falling sand
F#m D
As fast as I pick it up, it runs away through my clutching hands
A
But there's nothing else I can really do
E
There's nothing else I can really do
F#m
There's nothing else I can really do
D
At all
How to play A Letter To Elise
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is Eb. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.