Yesterday

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

The song is actually played in F major (capo 5) but it sounds fine without a capo

Chords:
C   : x32010
Bm7 : x20202
E7  : 020130
Am  : x02210
G   : 320033
F   : 133211
D7  : xx0212
E   : 022100
D6m : xx0201
G7  : 320001

Riff 1:
Played in the verses
  1  2  3  4   1  2  3  4
| C          | Bm7   E7   |
| Am       G | F     G*   | *See below
| C          | Am    D7   |
| F     C    |


Riff 2:
Played in the chorus
  1  2  3  4   1  2  3  4
| E     E7   | Am G  F  Am|
| D6m   G7   | C          |


*You may find the G chord after the F chord in the 4th measure in Riff 1 easier as
a barre chord (355433)
as it only requires you to slide up 2 frets from the F barre chord

Here shows how the riffs fit in with the words:


Intro:

C (for 2 measures)

Verse 1:
[Play Riff 1 twice]
C         Bm7     E7                  Am       G  F
Yesterday, All my troubles seemed so far away,
         G*                    C
Now it looks as though they're here to stay,
    Am   D7       F    C
Oh, I believe in yesterday.
C        Bm7      E7             Am         G  F
Suddenly, I'm not half the man I used to be
         G*              C
There's a shadow hanging over me,
    Am    D7        F    C
Oh, yesterday came suddenly.


Chorus:
[Play Riff 2 twice]
E     E7    Am  G  F
Why   she   had to go,
Am Dm6            G7        C
I don't know, she wouldn't say.
E   E7   Am    G   F
I   said something wrong,
Am    Dm6      G7    C
Now I long for yesterday.


Verse 2:
[Play Riff 1 once]
C         Bm7       E7           Am          G F
Yesterday, Love was such an easy game to play,
      G*              C
Now I need a place to hide away,
    Am   D7       F    C
Oh, I believe in yesterday.


Chorus:
[Play Riff 2 twice]
E     E7    Am  G  F
Why   she   had to go,
Am Dm6            G7       C
I don't know, she wouldn't say.
E   E7   Am    G   F
I   said something wrong,
Am    Dm6      G7    C
Now I long for yesterday.


Verse 3:
[Play Riff 1 once + last two measures repeated]
C         Bm7        E7          Am          G F
Yesterday, Love was such an easy game to play,
      G*              C
Now I need a place to hide away,
    Am   D7       F    C
Oh, I believe in yesterday.
        Am       D7      F     C (let ring)
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