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 Yesterday

Words and Music by John Lennon and Paul McCartney 1965

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F	Em7        A7	Dm        Dm7	Bb         C7
F            C7	Dm7       G7	Bb         F	-
F	Em7        A7	Dm        Dm7	Bb         C7
F            C7	Dm7       G7	Bb         F	-
Em7       A7	Dm   C   Bb  Dm	Gm        C7	F
Em7       A7	Dm   C   Bb  Dm	Gm        C7	F
F	Em7        A7	Dm        Dm7	Bb         C7
F            C7	Dm7       G7	Bb         F	-       (repeat)
Ending:
Dm7      G7	Bb           F	-	-       (end)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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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 some thing 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.

Ending:

I believe in yesterday.

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Listen to Don Van Palthe play "Yesterday" (youtube, timestamp 4:00)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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