The Cure

A Letter to Elise(Tabs)

The Cure

Key: A

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Fingerpicked intro 
 
E--0-0-0-0------------------- 
B----------2-2-2-0h2-2------- 
G----------------------------     (Do this three times) 
D----------------------------   (then play the next line) 
A---------------------------- 
E---------------------------- 
 
E---------------------------- 
B-0h2-3-3--3-3-3-3s2-----0--- 
G--------------------2-2----- 
D---------------------------- 
A---------------------------- 
E---------------------------- 
 
 
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... 
 
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                        A Letter To Elise (tab) 
                        ----------------- 
 
  	/=slide		h=hammeron 
b(x)r=bend till it sounds like fret x and then release 
 
Intro 
 
Bass 
---------------------------------|---------------------------------------| 
---------------------------4-4-4-|--2--2-2-2---2-2--2-2-2-2/7-7-7--------| 
---0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0--------|---------------------------------------| 
---------------------------------|---------------------------------------| 
 
 
---------------------------------|---------------------------------------| 
---------------------------------|---------------------------------------| 
--4---4-4-4---4-4--4-4-4-4-4-7-7-|--0--0-0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0-0--4-4------| 
---------------------------------|---------------------------------------| 
 
Acoustic twelve-string guitar 
(since this is all on the A string, I will save space by not typing out a 
full tab) 
 
A---2-4-4-2-4-4-2-4---2-4---------|-------------%-------------| 
 
A---2-4-4-2-4-4-2-4---2-4---2-4-4-|-5--5-5-5--5-5--4--2--0--2-| 
 
Play these two parts once, then repeat and add these next two parts on top 
 
Guitar 
E--5------------------5--|--------------------------| 
B-----------5------5-----|-5------------5--------5--| 
G--------4------4--------|---------4--4-----4--4----| 
 
E-2------------------2---|-----------------------------| 
B----5-------5-----5-----|--5--5-------5-------5-----3-| 
G-------4--4-----4-------|--------4--4----4--4----4----| 
 
Xylophone sound (for guitar) 
E--0-0-0-0-----------------|---------------------------| 
B----------2--2-2--0-2--2--|-------------%-------------| 
G--------------------------|---------------------------| 
 
E--0-0-0-0---------------------|----------------------------------| 
B----------2--2-2--0-2--2--0-2-|---3---3-3-3--3-3-3-2-----------0-| 
G------------------------------|-------------------------2---2----| 
 
Play all four patterns twice through; on the end of the second begin the 
vocals ('Oh Elise it doesn't matter...') 
 
Under the vocals, play the intro twelve-string pattern and this bass part: 
 
---------------------------------|-------------------------------| 
-----------------------------4-4-|-6--6-6-6----6-6---6-6-6-6-6-7-| 
--0--0-0-0---0-0--0-0-0-0-0------|-------------------------------| 
---------------------------------|-------------------------------| 
 
--------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
--4--4-4-4---4-4--4-4-4-4-4-7---|---0--0-0-0---0-0--0-0-0-0-0-4-4--| 
--------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
--------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
 
Repeat these, then do the four intro patterns again twice through; then do 
the second verse with only the second bass part. Go straight into the third 
verse ('From me and you...'), adding the intro electric pattern on top. 
 
Bridge 
 
At 'Yesterday I stood and stared...', begin these two patterns: 
 
Bass 
(one string only) 
 
D--2--2-2-2--2-2---2-2-2-2/7-7-7---|--4--4-4-4--4-4--4-4-4-4-4-7-7--| 
 
Guitar (with echo) 
(two strings only) 
 
G--4----------4-4----4----4----|---4/6------2-2----------------------| 
D------------------------------|------------------4---4---4-4--------| 
 
Repeat these two patterns three times, then go to these patterns 
at 'Elise, believe I never wanted this...' 
 
Bass 
 
D--5--5-5-5---5--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--4--4-4-4---4-4---4-4-4-4-4-7-7--| 
 
Guitar 
 
G--------2----2---2-----2-|--------2---------2-----2-| 
D--5--5-----5--------5----|--4--4------4--4------4---| 
 
Repeat these four times; then begin the guitar solo 
 
Solo 
 
(continue playing the bridge bass line underneath 2 1/2 times through, then 
last measure of intro bass pattern, followed by three times through intro 
bass pattern, then 1 1/2 times through first verse bass pattern) 
(add xylophone sound aprt over last four measures) 
 
(tabbed using only the necessary strings) 
 
G----6/7--7--6-7--9-----9-----7-6--|--6/7--7--6-7--7------9--9---| 
D------9--9-------9-----9----------|----------------------9--9---| 
 
G----6/7--7/9--9-9--9/11--11-11--11/13--13-13---| 
D--------------9-9--------12-12---------14-14---| 
 
G----13/14-14--14--14-14/11--11--11/6--6-6-----| 
D----------16--16--16-16-----------------------| 
 
G---6/7-7--7/9---9-----9-9-9/11--11-11-11----| 
 
G--13/14-14--14---14--14/11---11-11-11-11-11-| 
 
G---11/13--13-13-13/14-14-14-14/16-16-16-16/14-14-| 
 
B---------------12/14-14-14-14/15----14-14--| 
G---14/16-16-16-----------------------------| 
 
B---12/14-14-14-14--12-14-(12)-14-14------14-14-| 
 
B---14/15-15-15-15--15-15-15-14-----14-----12-12-12-| 
 
B---12/14-14---14---14-14---14--14/12/10--10-10-| 
 
B---10/9-9--9/7-7-7-----7--7--5--|--5/7-7-7-7/5-5-5/3--3/2-2-2-| 
 
B---0h2-3---3--3-3---2--0------0---|------------------------------| 
G---------------------------2------|---4-4-6---6---4-6-------4-4--| 
 
G----4-4-6----6---4--6-------6--|--4--6--6b(7)r--6---6--| 
 
G----6/7-7-7-7/9-9-9-9/11-11-11---11-11-| 
 
Coda 
 
Go into the fourth verse right at the end of the solo. Play all four intro 
patterns underneath. After the verse is over continue with them twice more, 
and end like this: 
 
Acoustic twelve-string                  (hold for whole measure) 
------------------------------------|--0--------------------------| 
------------------------------------|-----------------------------| 
--------------------------2---------|-----------------------------| 
-----------4------------------------|-----------------------------| 
-----5------------------------------|-----------------------------| 
------------------------------------|-----------------------------| 
 
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Contribuição: Alexandre Nogueira Nascimento([email protected])
	        

Written by Robert James Smith, Simon Gallup, Bransby Williams Boris Peter, Thompson Paul Stephen, Bamonte Perry Archangelo

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