[Intro]
|A E F#m D/A|
|A E F#m D/A|
|A E F#m D/A|
[Strophe]
   A                                E 
Oh Elise it doesn't matter what you say I just can't stay here every 
F#m                           D 
yesterday 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
[Pont]
|A E F#m D/A|
[Strophe]
   A                                E 
Oh Elise it doesn't matter what you do I know I'll never really 
F#m                            D 
get inside of you 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 at
F#m                                  D 
least I'd lose this sense of sensing something else that hides away
[Strophe]
     A                                       E 
From me and you there're worlds to part with aching looks and breaking hearts and
F#m                                    D 
all the prayers your hands can make oh I just take as much as you can throw
A                              E 
    And then throw it all away    Oh I throw it all away
F#m                     D 
    Like throwing faces at the sky like throwing arms round
[Refrain]
E                                 F#m 
Yesterday I stood and stared wide-eyed in front of you and the
E                                F#m 
face I saw looked back the way I wanted to but I
E                                 F#m 
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 I always dreamed about
      G                        F#m 
But I let the dream go and the promises broke

And the make-believe ran out...
[Pont]
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
[Strophe]
   A                                E 
So Elise it doesn't matter what you say I just can't stay here every 
F#m                           D 
yesterday 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
[Strophe]
    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                            E 
But there's nothing else I can really do there's nothing else I can really do
F#m                                     D 
There's nothing else I can really do at all...