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... ***************************************************************************** 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------------------------------ | ----------------------------- | ------------------------------------ | ----------------------------- |