#--------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship or research.# #----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Song title: Yesterday Original Album: Help! Words and Music by John Lennon and Paul McCartney Copyright © 1965 Northern Songs Limited Published by Northern Songs Limited Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net) NOTES: Tuning is DGCFAD, if you want to play along with those mop-tops. Chords and tab are as for standard tuning. Timing is 4/4. INTRO: [play:] [x2] Acoustic guitar: G5 |-----3---3---3-------3---3---3---|-----3---3---3-------3---3---3---| |-----3---3---3-------3---3---3---|-----3---3---3-------3---3---3---| |-----0---0---0-------0---0---0---|-----0---0---0-------0---0---0---| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-3---------------3---------------|-3---------------3---------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | VERSE1: Acoustic guitar: G5 F#m B7/F# Gmaj9 |-----3---3---3-------3---3---3---|-----2---2---2-------2---2---3---| |-----3---3---3-------3---3---3---|-----2---2---0-------0---0---0---| |-----0---0---0-------0---0---0---|-----2---2---2-------2---2---2---| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-3---------------3---------------|-2---------------2---------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | G F#m B7/F# Yester -day, all my troubles seemed so Acoustic guitar: Em Cmaj7 D7 |-----0---0---0-------0-------0---|-----0---0---0-------2---2---2---| |-----0---0---0-------0-------0---|-----0---0---0-------1---1---1---| |-----0---0---0-------0---0---0---|-----0---0---0-------2---2---2---| |-2---------------2---------------|-----2---2---2---0---------------| |---------------------------------|-3-------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | Em Cmaj7 D7 far a - way Now it looks as though they're Acoustic guitar: G5 G/F# Em7 A |-----3---3---3-------3-----------|---------------------0---0-------| |-----3---3---3-------3-------3---|-----3---3-----------2---2-------| |-----0---0---0-------0-------0---|-----0---0-----------2---2-------| |---------------------------------|-----2---2-----------------------| |---------------------------------|-----------------0-----------0---| |-3---------------3-------2-------|-0-----------0-------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | G Em7 A here to stay Oh, I be - lieve in Acoustic guitar: C G5 |-0-------3---3---3---3---3---3---|-----3---3---3-------3---3-------| |-1-------3---3---3---3---3---3---|-----3---3---3-------3---3-------| |-0-------0---0---0---0---0---0---|-----0---0---0-------0---0-------| |-x-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-3-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------3---3---3---------------|-3---------------3-----------0---| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | C G yester -day Acoustic guitar: F#m Em Em7 |-----2---2---2-------2---2---2---|-----0---0---0-------0-------0---| |-----2---2---2-------0---0---0---|-----0---0---0-------0-------0---| |-----2---2---2-------2---2---2---|-----0---0---0-------0-------0---| |---------------------------------|-2---------------2-------0-------| |-----------------2---------------|---------------------------------| |-2-------------------------------|---------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | Acoustic guitar: A C G5 |---------------------0---0-------|-0-------3---3---3---3---3---3---| |-----3---3-----------2---2-------|-1-------3---3---3---3---3---3---| |-----0---0-----------2---2-------|-0-------0---0---0---0---0---0---| |-----2---2-----------------------|---------------------------------| |-----------------0-----------0---|-3-------------------------------| |-0-----------0-------------------|---------3---3---3---------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | Acoustic guitar: C D7 G5 |-----0---0---0-------2---2---2---|-----3---3---3-------3-----------| |-----1---1---0-------1---1---1---|-----3---3---3-------3-------3---| |-----0---0---0-------2---2---2---|-----0---0---0-------0-------0---| |-----------------0---------------|---------------------------------| |-3-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|-3---------------3-------2-------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | VERSE2: Notes: Play as for VERSE1. Chords: G 320033 D xx0232 F#m 244222 C x32010 B7 x2120x D7 xx0212 Em 022000 A x02220 G F#m B7 Em D 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 CHORUS: Chords: B7 x2120x Am x02210 Em 022000 D7 xx0212 D xx0232 G 320033 C x32010 17 Acoustic guitar: F#m |-----2---2---2-------2---2---2---|-0-------2-------3-------2---0---| |-----2---2---2-------0---0---0---|---------------------------------| |-----2---2---2-------2---2---2---|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|-2-------0-----------------------| |-----------------2---------------|-----------------3-------2____---| |-2-------------------------------|---------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 19 Acoustic guitar: F#mb5 D7 G5 |-----2---2---2-------2---2---2---|-----3---3---3-------3---3-------| |-----1---1---1-------1---1---1---|-----3---3---3-------3---3-------| |-----2---2---2-------2---2---2---|-----0---0---0-------0---0-------| |-----------------0---------------|---------------------------------| |-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|-3---------------3-----------0---| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 21 Acoustic guitar: F#m |-----2---2---2-------2---2---2---|-0-------2-------3-------2---0---| |-----2---2---2-------0---0---0---|---------------------------------| |-----2---2---2-------2---2---2---|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|-2-------0-----------------------| |-----------------2---------------|-----------------3-------2-------| |-2-------------------------------|---------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 23 Acoustic guitar: F#mb5 D7 G |-----2---2---2-------2---2---2---|-3-------------------------------| |-----1---1---1-------1---1---1---|-3-------------------------------| |-----2---2---2-------2---2---2---|-0-------------------------------| |-----------------0---------------|---------------------------------| |-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|-3-------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 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 [repeat CHORUS] VERSE3: Acoustic guitar: G5 F#m B7/F# Gmaj9 |-----3---3---3-------3---3-------|-----2---2---2-------2---2---3---| |-----3---3---3-------3---3-------|-----2---2---0-------0---0---0---| |-----0---0---0-------0---0-------|-----2---2---2-------2---2---2---| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|-----------------2---------------| |-3---------------3-----------0---|-2-------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | G F#m B7/F# Yester -day, love was such an easy Acoustic guitar: Em C Cmaj7 D7 |-----0---0---0-------0-------0---|-----0---0---0-------2---2---2---| |-----0---0---0-------0-------0---|-----1---1---0-------1---1---1---| |-----0---0---0-------0-------0---|-----0---0---0-------2---2---2---| |-2---------------2-------0-------|-----------------0---------------| |---------------------------------|-3-------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | Em Cmaj7 D7 game to play Now I need a place to Acoustic guitar: G5 G/F# Em7 A |-----3---3---3-------3-----------|---------------------0---0-------| |-----3---3---3-------3-------3---|-----3---3-----------2---2-------| |-----0---0---0-------0-------0---|-----0---0-----------2---2-------| |---------------------------------|-----2---2-----------------------| |---------------------------------|-----------------0-----------0---| |-3---------------3-------2-------|-0-----------0-------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | G5 Em7 A hide a -way Oh, I be - lieve in Acoustic guitar: C G5 |-0-------3---3---3---3---3---3---| |-1-------3---3---3---3---3---3---| |-0-------0---0---0---0---0---0---| |-x-------------------------------| |-3-------------------------------| |---------3---3---3---------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | C G yester -day [repeat CHORUS] [repeat VERSE3] OUTRO: Notes: A7/6 is U.S. notation for A7add6 - used here for reasons of space. Acoustic guitar: G5 A7/6 A7 C5 G5 |-3---3---3---3---2---3---3---3---|-3-------3---3_______________-___| |-3---3---3---3---2---2---2---2---|-1-------3---3_______________-___| |-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|-0-------0---0_______________-___| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------3---3_______________-___| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | G A7/6 A7 C5 G5 Mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm-mmmmm Acoustic guitar: |__-------------------------------| |__-------------------------------| |__-------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |__-------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |