Yesterday (1965)    (video)

 

    C - F - C

 

       C            - Bm               E                           Am          - G - F

1. Yesterday          all my troubles seemed so far away,

                G                                    C

    now it looks as though they're here to stay,

     G   Am   D           F       C

    oh,   I believe in yesterday.

 

      C            - Bm               E                  Am               - G - F

2. Suddenly,         I'm not half the man I used to be,

                       G                     C            G   Am   D           F       C

    there's a shadow hanging over me, oh,   I believe in yesterday.

 

    E          AmG  Am              Dm           G          C

Why she had to go, I don't know, she wouldn't say.

E          Am    G      Am             Dm         G7       C 

 I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday.

 

       C           - Bm                E                    Am                 - G - F

3. Yesterday        love was such an easy game to play,

                 G                     C

    now I need a place to hide away,

     G   Am   D          F        C

    oh,   I believe in yesterday.

 

+  CHORUS

 

       C           - Bm                E                    Am                 - G - F

4. Yesterday        love was such an easy game to play,

                 G                     C

    now I need a place to hide away,

      G   Am    D          F        C

    yes,   I believe in yesterday.

 

                                                Dm         G7       C - F - C

+  E  - Am - G - F      +  Now I long for yesterday............y.

 

 

    (Matt Monro)