Yesterday
The Beatles (Lennon/McCartney, 1965)


4/4 | t d d d t d d d |  or   4/4 | t pl pl pl t pl pl pl |
      1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &               1 &  2  &  3 &  4  &
                                    pl=pluck (E & A strings)

Intro
| [F] | [F] |

| [F] Yesterday |
| [Em7] All my [A7] troubles seemed so | [Dm] far away [Dm↓] [C↓] |
| [Bb] Now it [C] looks as though they're | [F] here to stay [C↓] oh |
| [Dm] I be- [G] lieve in | [Bb↓] yes- [F↓] ter- [F↓] day... |

| [F] Suddenly |
| [Em7] I'm not [A7] half the man I | [Dm] used to be [Dm↓] [C↓] |
| [Bb] There's a [C] shadow hangin' | [F] over me [C↓] oh |
| [Dm] Yester- [G] day came | [Bb↓] sud- [F↓] den- [F↓] ly... |

Bridge
| [Em7] Why [A7] she | [Dm↓] had [C↓] to [Bb] go
I don't | [Gm] know, she [C7] wouldn't | [F] say   |
| [Em7] I [A7] said | [Dm↓] some- [C↓] thing [Bb] wrong
Now I | [Gm] long for [C7] yester- | [F↓] da-a-a-ay |

| [F] Yesterday |
| [Em7] Love was [A7] such an easy | [Dm] game to play [Dm↓] [C↓] |
| [Bb] Now I [C] need a place to | [F] hide away [C↓] oh |
| [Dm] I be- [G] lieve in | [Bb↓] yes- [F↓] ter- [F↓] day... |

Bridge
| [Em7] Why [A7] she | [Dm↓] had [C↓] to [Bb] go
I don't | [Gm] know, she [C7] wouldn't | [F] say   |
| [Em7] I [A7] said | [Dm↓] some- [C↓] thing [Bb] wrong
Now I | [Gm] long for [C7] yester- | [F↓] da-a-a-ay |

| [F] Yesterday |
| [Em7] Love was [A7] such an easy | [Dm] game to play [Dm↓] [C↓] |
| [Bb] Now I [C] need a place to | [F] hide away [C↓] oh |
| [Dm] I be- [G] lieve in | [Bb↓] yes- [F↓] ter- [F] day... |
| [F] Hm mm [G] mm mm | [Bb] hm [F↓] mm [F↓] mmm...

#Play along with original in this key.

#Last Updated 02/29/20 JJ
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