Yesterday Chords

Song: Yesterday
Artist: The Beatles
Composer: Paul McCartney
         (Credited to Lennon & McCartney)
Album: Help
 
Tabbed by DJ  20th June 2019
 
VERY IMPORTANT NOTE:
The song is played in G on guitar, but, with the
full tone dropped tuning, the song will then sound
in the key of F
 
DROPPED TUNING: D-G-C-F-A-d
De-tune all the strings a whole tone down
below standard tuning.
Using a chromatic tuner may make this a bit easier
 
IGNORE THE CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS that the website
displays, they are generated automatically from a
generic database and often don't show the best
options for a particular chord progression. Just use
the voicings suggested in the text column numbers.
 
NOTE the specific voicings of the C and the A7
variations which are differentiated with an asterisk
 
G     = 320033   D7    = xx0212   Emadd9/B = x22002
F#m   = 244222  (G/F#) = 2xxxxx   Em/B     = x22000
B7    = x21202   Em7   = 022030   Am6      = x02212
Em    = xx2000   A7    = x02020   D7       = xx0212
Em7/D = xx0000   F#m7  = 242222   A7 *     = x02023
C     = 332010   C *   = x32013
 
N.C. = No chords   ^ = Emphasise the beats
 
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[Intro]
   G
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |
 
[Verse 1]
G           F#m
Yesterday...
       B7                 Em        Em7/D  C
All my troubles seemed so far away,
       D                       G
Now it looks as though they're here to stay,
G/F# Em7     A7       C     G     G    N.C.
Oh,  I  be - lieve in yes - ter - day
                      ^     ^     ^
[Verse 2]
G         F#m           B7             Em
Suddenly,    ...I'm not half the man I used to be,
Em7/D  C             D              G
           There's a shadow hanging over me,
G/F#  Em7      A7       C     G     G
Oh,   yester - day came sud - den - ly
                        ^     ^     ^
[Verse 3]
F#m    B7     Em  D  C *
Why ...she ...had to go,
Emadd9/B Em/B  Am6       D7       G
I     ...don't know, she wouldn't say,
F#m   B7      Em     D     C *
I  ...said ...some - thing wrong,
Emadd9/B Em/B Am6      D7       G     N.C.
Now      I    long for yester - day--------!
 
[Verse 4]
G          F#m           B7           Em
Yesterday,   ...love was such an easy game to play,
Em7/D  C          D7              G
           Now I  need a place to hide away,
G/F#  Em7    A7       C     G     G
Oh,   I be - lieve in yes - ter - day
                      ^     ^     ^
[Verse 5]
F#m    B7     Em  D  C *
Why ...she ...had to go,
Emadd9/B Em/B  Am6       D7       G
I     ...don't know, she wouldn't say,
F#m   B7      Em     D     C *
I  ...said ...some - thing wrong,
Emadd9/B Em/B Am6      D7       G      N.C.
Now      I    long for yester - day---------
 
[Verse 6]
G          F#m           B7           Em
Yesterday,   ...love was such an easy game to play,
Em7/D  C          D7              G
           Now I  need a place to hide away,
G/F#  Em7    A7       C     G     G
Oh,   I be - lieve in yes - ter - day
                      ^     ^     ^
[Coda]
G        A7 *     C   G    G
Mm, mm!  Mm, mm!  Mm, mm - mm!
                  ^   ^    ^
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