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YESTERDAY (Paul McCartney & John Lennon)
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[Actually in F, because Paul played this with all the strings on his
 guitar tuned down a whole step.]
[Each chord is half a measure, except two chords joined by a hyphen
 are a half measure _total_.]

G  G  G  G
[intro]

G      G   F#m      B7                 Em      Em - Em/D
Yesterday,   all my troubles seemed so far away
C        D7                      G         G - G/F#
  Now it looks as though they're here to stay
    Em7   A      C     G
Oh, I believe in yesterday

G       G   F#m       B7             Em        Em - Em/D
Suddenly,     I'm not half the man I used to be
C           D7             G     G - G/F#
  There's a shadow hanging over me
    Em7    A       C     G
Oh, yesterday came suddenly

B7sus  B7   Em - D   C - Em/B    D7/A      D7        G   G
Why    she  had  to  go, I don't know, she wouldn't say
B7sus  B7   Em - D    C  -   Em/B  D7/A     D7    G    G
I      said something wrong, now I long for yesterday

G      G   F#m        B7           Em          Em - Em/D
Yesterday,   love was such an easy game to play
C       D7              G         G - G/F#
  Now I need a place to hide away
    Em7   A      C     G
Oh, I believe in yesterday

B7sus  B7   Em - D   C - Em/B    D7/A      D7        G   G
Why    she  had  to  go, I don't know, she wouldn't say
B7sus  B7   Em - D    C  -   Em/B  D7/A     D7    G    G
I      said something wrong, now I long for yesterday

G      G   F#m        B7           Em          Em - Em/D
Yesterday,   love was such an easy game to play
C       D7              G         G - D/F#
  Now I need a place to hide away
    Em7   A      C     G
Oh, I believe in yesterday

G/D     A/C#    C       G.
Mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm-mmm-mmmmm



- transcribed by Adam Schneider, http://adamschneider.net/

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