Blink 182 - A Letter To Elise Chords & Tabs

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Flanger and Distortion are used in this song.

Intro
          play 3 times     play 4th time
Ie----0-0-0-------------I----------------I
IB--2-------2---0-2-2-2-I--3-------------I
IG----------------------I----------------I
ID----------------------I----------------I
IA----------------------I----------------I
IE----------------------I----------------I

Verse

Ie--------------------------------------I
IB--2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0---------------------I
IG------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----I
ID--------------------------------------I
IA--------------------------------------I
IE--------------------------------------I

Chorus
part 1 (3x)
Ie--------------------------------------I
IB--------------------------------------I
IG--------------------------------------I
ID-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9------I
IA-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------I
IE--------------------------------------I

Ie--------------------------------------I
IB--------------------------------------I
IG--------------------------------------I
ID-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6----------------------I
IA-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------I
IE-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------I

part 2
Ie-----------------------------------------------------------------I
IB-----------------------------------------------------------------I
IG-----------------------------------------------------------------I
ID---------------------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-I
IA-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-I
IE-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------------------------------I

Ie-----------------------------------------------------------------I
IB-----------------------------------------------------------------I
IG-----------------------------------------------------------------I
ID---------------------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----------------I
IA-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-I
IE-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-I

Ie-----------------------------------------------------------------I
IB-----------------------------------------------------------------I
IG-----------------------------------------------------------------I
ID---------------------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-I
IA-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-I
IE-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------------------------------I

Ie-----------------------------------------------------------------I
IB-----------------------------------------------------------------I
IG-----------------------------------------------------------------I
ID---------------------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----------------I
IA-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-0-------I
IE-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------------------------------I

Solo
2x
Ie-5-0---5-0-7-0---I
IB-----2---------2-I
IG-----------------I
ID-----------------I
IA-----------------I
IE-----------------I

Riff

Ie-----------------------------------------------------------------I
IB-----------------------------------------------------------------I
IG-----------------------------------------------------------------I
ID-----------------------------------------------------------------I
IA-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-I
IE-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-I

Ie-----------------------------------------------------------------I
IB-----------------------------------------------------------------I
IG-----------------------------------------------------------------I
ID-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----------------I
IA-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-I
IE-------------------------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-I

Pre Verse (distorted)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/blink_182/a_letter_to_elise_tab_ver_2.html ]
Ie-----------------------------------------------------------------I
IB-----------------------------------------------------------------I
IG-----------------------------------------------------------------I
ID-----------------------------------------------------------------I
IA-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-I
IE-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-I

Ie-----------------------------------------------------------------I
IB-----------------------------------------------------------------I
IG-----------------------------------------------------------------I
ID-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-I
IA-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-I
IE-----------------------------------------------------------------I

Verse (distorted)

Ie-----------------------------------------------------------------I
IB-----------------------------------------------------------------I
IG-----------------------------------------------------------------I
ID---------------------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-I
IA-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-I
IE-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------------------------------I

Ie-----------------------------------------------------------------I
IB-----------------------------------------------------------------I
IG-----------------------------------------------------------------I
ID-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-I
IA-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-I
IE-----------------------------------------------------------------I

Outro
Ie-----------------------------------------------------------------I
IB-----------------------------------------------------------------I
IG-----------------------------------------------------------------I
ID-----------------------------------------------------------------I
IA-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-I
IE-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-I

Ie-----------------------------------------------------------------I
IB-----------------------------------------------------------------I
IG-----------------------------------------------------------------I
ID---------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-I
IA-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-I
IE-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------------------------I

Order:

Intro 2x
Verse 2x
Intro 1x
Verse 4x
Chorus
Solo
Riff
Intro 1x
Pre verse
Verse 2x
Outro 2x


Lyrics:
Oh Elise it doesn't matter what you say
I just can't sit here every yesterday
Like keep on acting out the same
The way we act out
let me wait to smile
Forget
And make-believe we never needed
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

For me and you: they'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 I'll throw it all away
and then I'll throw it all away
Like throwing faces at the sky
Like throwing arms round
Yesterday
I stood and stared
Wide-eyed in front of you
And the face I saw looked back
The way I wanted it to
But I just can't hide my tears away
The way you do

Elise believe I never wanted this
I thought this time I'd keep all of my promises
I thought you were the girl I always dreamed about
But I let the dream go
And the promises broke
And the make-believe ran out...

So 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
let me wait 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
There's nothing else
I can really do
At all..