Yesterday Tab

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Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	D G C F A D
Key:	F
Capo:	no capo
Author PJVILL [a] 8,472.
4 contributors total, last edit on Jul 2, 2020
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  THE BEATLES - YESTERDAY (Lennon/McCartney) from HELP album.
                Released on August 6th 1965.
 
  ------------------------------------------------------------
 
  Tabbed by: PJVillanueva
 
  Obviously Paul tuned his guitar a whole step down to sing the
  song more comfortably. The chord shapes are unmistakeable. So
  he did play it using G-shapes but because of the guitar tuned
  down, the key is F.
 
 
  Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away
  Now it looks as though they're here to stay
  Oh, I believe in yesterday.
 
  Suddenly,I'm not half the man I used to be
  There's a shadow hanging over me
  Oh, yesterday came suddenly.
 
  Why she had to go I don't know she wouldn't say.
  I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday.
 
  Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play.
  Now I need a place to hide away.
  Oh, I believe in yesterday.
 
  Why she had to go I don't know she wouldn't say.
  I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday.
 
  Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play.
  Now I need a place to hide away.
  Oh, I believe in yesterday.
 
  Mm mm mm mm mm mm mm.
 
 
 
  G
D|----3---3---3-------3---3---3--|----3---3---3-------3---3---3--|
A|----3---3---3-------3---3---3--|----3---3---3-------3---3---3--|
F|----0---0---0-------0---0---0--|----0---0---0-------0---0---0--|
C|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|3---------------3--------------|3---------------3--------------|
 
  00:05
                                  F#m             B7
D|----3---3---3-------3---3------|----2---2---2-------2---2---2--|
A|----3---3---3-------3---3------|----2---2---2-------0---0---0--|
F|----0---0---0-------0---0------|----2---2---2-------2---2---2--|
C|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|----------------2--------------|
D|3---------------3-----------0--|2------------------------------|
  Yesterday                               all my  troubles    so
                                                          seem
 
  Em                      Em7     Cmaj7           D7
D|----0---0---0-------0-------0--|----0---0---0-------2---2---2--|
A|----0---0---0-------0-------0--|----0---0---0-------1---1---1--|
F|----0---0---0-------0-------0--|----0---0---0-------2---2---2--|
C|2---------------2-------0------|----------------0--------------|
G|-------------------------------|3------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
  far     away                            Now it looks    though
                                                      as      they're
 
  G                       G/F#    Em7             A
D|----3---3---3-------3-------3--|--------------------0---0------|
A|----3---3---3-------3-------3--|----3---3---3-------2---2------|
F|----0---0---0-------0-------0--|----0---0---0-------2---2------|
C|-------------------------------|----2---2---2------------------|
G|-------------------------------|----------------0--------------|
D|3---------------3-------2------|0------------------------------|
  here    to  stay            Oh  I       believe             in
 
                                  00:22
  C       G
D|0-------3---3-------3---3---3--|----3---3---3-------3---3------|
A|1-------3---3-------3---3---3--|----3---3---3-------3---3------|
F|0-------0---0-------0---0---0--|----0---0---0-------0---0------|
C|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|3------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|--------3-------3--------------|3---------------3-----------0--|
  yesterday                       Suddenly
 
 
  F#m             B7              Em                      Em7
D|----2---2---2-------2---2---2--|----0---0---0-------0-------0--|
A|----2---2---2-------0---0---0--|----0---0---0-------0-------0--|
F|----2---2---2-------2---2---2--|----0---0---0-------0-------0--|
C|-------------------------------|2---------------2-------0------|
G|----------------2--------------|-------------------------------|
D|2------------------------------|-------------------------------|
          I'm not half  man   I   used  be
                                      to
                      the
 
  Cmaj7           D7              G                       G/F#
D|----0---0---0-------2---2---2--|----3---3---3-------3-------3--|
A|----0---0---0-------1---1---1--|----3---3---3-------3-------3--|
F|----0---0---0-------2---2---2--|----0---0---0-------0-------0--|
C|----------------0--------------|-------------------------------|
G|3------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|3---------------3-------2------|
          there's         hanging             me              oh
              a shadow        over
 
  Em7             A               C       G
D|--------------------0---0------|0-------3---3-------3----------|
A|----3---3---3-------2---2------|1-------3---3-------3-------0--|
F|----0---0---0-------2---2------|0-------0---0-------0-------0--|
C|----2---2---2------------------|-------------------------------|
G|----------------0--------------|3------------------------------|
D|0------------------------------|--------3---------------3------|
  yesterday                  came suddenly
 
  00:39
  F#m             B7
D|----2---2---2-------2---2---2--|0-------2-------3-------2---0--|
A|----2---2---2-------0---0---0--|-------------------------------|
F|----2---2---2-------2---2---2--|-------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------|2-------0----------------------|
G|----------------2--------------|----------------3-------2------|
D|2------------------------------|-------------------------------|
  Why             she             had     to      go      I   don't
 
 
  Am              D7              G
D|----0---0---0-------2---2---2--|----3---3---3-------3---3------|
A|----1---1---1-------1---1---1--|----3---3---3-------3---3------|
F|----2---2---2-------2---2---2--|----0---0---0-------0---0------|
C|----------------0--------------|-------------------------------|
G|0------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|3---------------3-----------0--|
      know    she wouldn't    say 
 
 
  F#m             B7              Em
D|----2---2---2-------2---2---2--|0-------2-------3-------2---0--|
A|----2---2---2-------0---0---0--|-------------------------------|
F|----2---2---2-------2---2---2--|-------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------|2-------0----------------------|
G|----------------2--------------|----------------3-------2------|
D|2------------------------------|-------------------------------|
  I               said            something       wrong   now I
 
 
  Am              D7              G
D|----0---0---0-------2---2---2--|-------------------------------|
A|----1---1---1-------1---1---1--|-------------------------------|
F|----2---2---2-------2---2---2--|-------------------------------|
C|----------------0--------------|-------------------------------|
G|0------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|3------------------------------|
  long        for yes.....ter.....day
 
  00:59
  G                               F#m             B7
D|3-------3---3-------3---3------|----2---2-----------2---2---2--|
A|3-------3---3-------3---3------|----2---2-----------0---0---0--|
F|0-------0---0-------0---0------|----2---2-----------2---2---2--|
C|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|----------------2--------------|
D|3---------------3-----------0--|2------------------------------|
  Yesterday                               love    such  easy
                                              was     an
 
  Em                      Em7     C               D7
D|----0---0---0-------0-------0--|----0---0---0-------2---2---2--|
A|----0---0---0-------0-------0--|----1---1---1-------1---1---1--|
F|----0---0---0-------0-------0--|----0---0---0-------2---2---2--|
C|2---------------2-------0------|----------------0--------------|
G|-------------------------------|3------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
  game    to  play                        now I need  a   place
                                                              to
 
  G                       G/F#    Em7             A
D|----3---3---3-------3-------3--|--------------------0---0---0--|
A|----3---3---3-------3-------3--|----3---3---3-------2---2---2--|
F|----0---0---0-------0-------0--|----0---0---0-------2---2---2--|
C|-------------------------------|----2---2---2------------------|
G|-------------------------------|----------------0--------------|
D|3---------------3-------2------|0------------------------------|
  hide    away            oh      I       believe             in
 
                                  01:17
  C       G                       F#m             B7
D|0-------3---3-------3---3------|----2---2---2-------2---2---2--|
A|1-------3---3-------3---3------|----2---2---2-------0---0---0--|
F|0-------0---0-------0---0------|----2---2---2-------2---2---2--|
C|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|3------------------------------|----------------2--------------|
D|--------3-------------------0--|2------------------------------|
  yesterday                       Why             she
 
 
  Em                              Am              D7
D|0-------2-------3-------2---0--|----0---0---0-------2---2---2--|
A|-------------------------------|----1---1---1-------1---1---1--|
F|-------------------------------|----2---2---2-------2---2---2--|
C|2-------0----------------------|----------------0--------------|
G|----------------3-------2------|0------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
  had     to      go      I   don't           she wouldn't    say
                                  know
 
  G                               F#m             B7
D|----3---3---3-------3---3------|----2---2---2-------2---2---2--|
A|----3---3---3-------3---3------|----2---2---2-------0---0---0--|
F|----0---0---0------------------|----2---2---2-------2---2---2--|
C|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|----------------2--------------|
D|3---------------3-----------0--|2------------------------------|
                                  I               said
 
 
  Em                              Am              D7
D|0-------2-------3-------2---0--|----0---0---0-------2---2---2--|
A|-------------------------------|----1---1---1-------1---1---1--|
F|-------------------------------|----2---2---2-------2---2---2--|
C|2-------0----------------------|----------------0--------------|
G|----------------3-------2------|0------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
  something       wrong   now I   long        for yes.....ter....
 
                                  01:37
  G                               G
D|3------------------------------|3-------3---3-------3---3------|
A|3------------------------------|3-------3---3-------3---3------|
F|-------------------------------|0-------0---0-------0---0------|
C|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|3------------------------------|3---------------3-----------0--|
  day                             Yesterday
 
 
  F#m             B7              Em                      Em7
D|----2---2---2-------2---2---2--|----0---0---0-------0-------0--|
A|----2---2---2-------0---0---0--|----0---0---0-------0-------0--|
F|----2---2---2-------2---2---2--|----0---0---0-------0-------0--|
C|-------------------------------|2---------------2-------0------|
G|----------------2--------------|-------------------------------|
D|2------------------------------|-------------------------------|
          love    such  easy      game    to  play
              was     an
 
  C               D7              G                       G/F#
D|----0---0---0-------2---2---2--|----3---3---3-------3-------3--|
A|----1---1---1-------1---1---1--|----3---3---3-------3-------3--|
F|----0---0---0-------2---2---2--|----0---0---0-------0-------0--|
C|----------------0--------------|-------------------------------|
G|3------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|3---------------3-------2------|
          now I need  a   place   hide    away                oh
                              to
 
  Em7             A               C       G
D|--------------------0---0---0--|0-------3---3-------3---3---3--|
A|----3---3---3-------2---2---2--|1-------3---3-------3---3---3--|
F|----0---0---0-------2---2---2--|0-------0---0-------0---0---0--|
C|----2---2---2------------------|-------------------------------|
G|----------------0--------------|3------------------------------|
D|0------------------------------|--------3----------------------|
  I       believe             in  yesterday
 
  01:54                                      (.
  G               A7              C       G
D|3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|0-------3---3------------------|
A|3---3---3---3---2---2---2---2--|1-------3---3------------------|
F|0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|0-------0---0------------------|
C|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|----------------0--------------|3------------------------------|
D|3------------------------------|--------3---3------------------|
  mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
 
 
************************************
 
| B   Bend
| R   Release
| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| H   hammer-on
| P   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| .   play note like a dot in standard notation
| ^   ties two notes together
| (.  Pause
 
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McCartney isn't dead. Moron.
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Lmao this is so amusing...first a Beatles fan calls him McCarthy twice in one post, then someone else thinks he's dead! Impressive background knowledge, guys. Nah, i'm only teasing. We appear to have decided for certain now that it is in F but McCartney plays in G tuned one step down - glad we've cleared that up, i know what i'm supposed to be doing now! Awesome tab mate, keep it up :) xxx
People, he DID tune down a step, but he's still playing in F. He's using the chord shapes that, in standard tuning, would be the key of G, but since he tuned down a step he's playing in F.