A# F7 Oh Elise it doesnʼt matter what you say Cm I just canʼt stay here every yesterday D# like keep on acting out the same the way we act out A# every way to smile forget F7 and make-believe we never needed Cm any more than this D# any more than this A# F7 Oh Elise it doesnʼt matter what you do Cm I know iʼll never 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 F7 if they only would if they only would Cm D# at least Iʼd lose this sense of sensing something else that hides away A# from me and you thereʼre worlds to part F7 with aching looks and breaking hearts Cm and all the prayers your hands can make D# oh I just take as much as you can throw A# and then I throw it all away F7 oh I throw it all away Cm like throwing faces at the sky D# like throwing arms around F7 yesterday I stood and stared Gm wide-eyed in front of you F7 and the face I saw looked back Gm the way I wanted to F7 but I just canʼt hold my tears away Gm the way you do G# Gm Elise believe I never wanted this G# Gm I thought this time Iʼd keep all of my promises G# Gm I thought you were the girl always dreamed about Cm but I let the dream go D# and the promises broke A# and the make-believe ran out... A# So Elise F7 it doesnʼt matter what you say Cm I just canʼt stay here every yesterday D# like keep on acting out the same the way we act out A# every way to smile forget F7 and make-believe we never needed Cm any more than this D# any more than this A# F7 and every time I try to pick it up like falling sand Cm as fast as I pick it up D# it runs away through my clutching hands A# and thereʼs nothing else I can really do F7 thereʼs nothing else I can really do Cm thereʼs nothing else I can really do D# at all...
