Yesterday Chords

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Difficulty:	advanced
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Key:	G
Capo:	no capo

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F#m

C#m

F#7

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Yesterday chords
The Beatles  1965 (Help!) *
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yesterday_(song)
 
G
 
G        F#m       B7                 Em      D C
Yesterday,  all my troubles seemed so far away
C      D7                      G
Now it looks as though they're here to stay
    Em   A        C     G
Oh, I  believe in yesterday
 
G       F#m        B7             Em        D C
Suddenly,  I'm not half the man I used to be
C         D7             G
There's a shadow hanging over me
    Em    A        C     G
Oh, yesterday came suddenly
 
B7       Em  D  C   Am      D7                 G
Why, she had to go, I don't know, she wouldn't say
B7     Em  D     C      Am    D7             G  D C G
I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday
 
G        F#m         B7           Em          D C
Yesterday,  love was such an easy game to play
C     D7              G
Now I need a place to hide away
    Em  A        C     G
Oh, I believe in yesterday
 
B7       Em  D  C   Am      D7                 G
Why, she had to go, I don't know, she wouldn't say
B7     Em  D     C      Am    D7             G  D C G
I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday
 
G        F#m         B7           Em          D C
Yesterday,  love was such an easy game to play
C     D7              G
Now I need a place to hide away
    Em  A        C     G
Oh, I believe in yesterday
 
G       A7      C       G
Mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm-mmm-mmmmm
 
* Alternates:
 
Capo II
 
G   = F
F#m = Em
B7  = A7
Em  = Dm
D   = C
C   = Bb
D7  = C7
A   = G
Am  = Gm
A7  = G7
 
Capo V
 
G   = D
F#m = C#m
B7  = F#7
Em  = Bm
D   = A
C   = G
D7  = A7
A   = E
Am  = Em
A7  = E7
 
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Yesterday – The Beatles

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Transpose 2 half steps down for correct key. (F major)

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The down-tune is correct to the original recording, to my recollection. He played a guitar tuned down a full step, with chord-shapes in the key of G.

This is the best version! The others sound wrong to me, thanks!