a letter to elise

Tom : D

[Intro]
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Intro 3x: A E F#m D
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
( A E F#m D ) (2x)
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 E
The way the blue could pull me in, If they only would, if they only would
F#m 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
F#m
And all the prayers your hands can make
D A
Oh I just take as much as you can throw
E
And then throw it all away
F#m
Oh I throw it all away
D
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
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 F#m
But I let the dream go, and the promises broke
And the make-believe ran out...
Solo: E F#m (3x)
E D
A E F#m D (3x)
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, forget,
E
And make-believe we never needed
F#m
Any more than this
D
Any more than this
A E
And every time I try 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
There's nothing else I can really do
F#m
There's nothing else
D
I can really do at all...