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Yesterday – The Beatles
From the album Help! 1965
It is played in the key of F so tune down a whole step so EADGBe becomes DGCFAd.
[Intro]
G
[Verse 1]
G F#m B7 Em D
Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away
Cmaj7 D7 G
Now it looks as though they’re here to stay
Gmaj7 Em7 A C G
Oh I believe in yesterday
G F#m B7 Em D
Suddenly, I’m not half the man I used to be
Cmaj7 D7 G
There’s a shadow hanging over me
Gmaj7 Em7 A C G
Oh yesterday, came suddenly
[Chorus]
F#m B7 Em D C Am
Why, she, had to go I don’t know
D7 G
She wouldn’t say
F#m B7 Em D C
I, said, something wrong
Am D7 G
Now I long for yesterday
[Verse 2]
G F#m B7 Em D
Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play
Cmaj7 D7 G
Now I need a place to hide away
Gmaj7 Em7 A C G
Oh I believe in yesterday
[Chorus]
F#m B7 Em D C Am
Why, she, had to go I don’t know
D7 G
She wouldn’t say
F#m B7 Em D C
I, said, something wrong
Am D7 G
Now I long for yesterday
[Verse 3]
G F#m B7 Em D
Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play
Cmaj7 D7 G
Now I need a place to hide away
Gmaj7 Em7 A C G
Oh I believe in yesterday
[Outro]
Em A7 C G
Mmm mm mmm mm mmm mm mm
Cheers
Nowhere Man