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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