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YESTERDAY
	by John Lennon/Paul McCartney
	tablature by Jonathan Byrd

I have listed the basic chord progression above the tablature.
Sometimes the melody is part of the chord, and sometimes an extension
of the chord.  I did not indicate which notes should be sustained.  To
show the timing, I placed a ¨v¨ over each beat.  I typically play the
intro, two verses, the bridge, another verse, and the coda.

[INTRO]

     FM7   Chord diagramG7G7     Chord diagramBb majorBb FM7
     v  v  v  v   v  v    v   v
e |-------------|---------------
Chord diagramBB |-------------|----1--1-------
Chord diagramG+G |-----2--0----|-3--2--2-------
Chord diagramD MajorD |--3-----3--0-|-3--3--3-------
Chord diagramA augmentedA |--3-----2----|-1--3--3-------
Chord diagramE MajorE |--1-----3----|---------------
[VERSE]

      FM7                Chord diagramE minor 7Em7      Chord diagramA7A7         Chord diagramDmDm          Dm/C
   /  v    v   v   v     v   v    v    v     v   v   v   v
e ||------------------|----------------0-1-|-0-------------|
Chord diagramBB ||------------------|--------0--2--3-----|-----3-3---3---|
Chord diagramG+G ||--0---------------|------2----0--------|---2-------2---|
Chord diagramD MajorD ||----3--3---------3|------0-------------|-0-------0-----|
Chord diagramA augmentedA ||-------3-----0-3--|----2------0--------|-------------3-|
Chord diagramE MajorE ||--1--------1------|--0-----------------|---------------|


    BbM7       Chord diagramC7C7         FM7            Chord diagramDmDm   Chord diagramG7G7     Chord diagramBb majorBb FM7
    v    v     v     v     v  v   v  v   v v  v  v   v  v  v  v
e |----------------------|-------------|-----------|------------||
Chord diagramBB |------3--3--1---------|-1--1-1------|-----------|----1-1-----||
Chord diagramG+G |------2--------3--2-0-|-3--2------0-|---2--0----|-3--2-2-----||
Chord diagramD MajorD |---3------------------|-3--3------2-|-3----3--0-|-3--3-3-----||
Chord diagramA augmentedA |-1----------3---------|-3--3--------|-5----2----|-1--3-3-----||
Chord diagramE MajorE |----------------------|-------------|------3----|------------||
                                                                /

[BRIDGE]

     Chord diagramE minor 7Em7   Chord diagramA7A7     Chord diagramDmDm  Chord diagramC7C7  BbM7    Chord diagramC7C7          FM7
     v  v  v  v   v   v   v v     v  v   v v   v  v  v  v
e |-------------|-----0---1-0---|-0----------|------------|
Chord diagramBB |-------------|-3-----1-3---3-|------3-1-3-|-1----------|
Chord diagramG+G |--2-----2----|---2-----2-----|----3-------|-2----------|
Chord diagramD MajorD |--0-----5----|-0-------------|---2--------|-3----------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA |--2-----0----|-----3---1-----|-3----------|-3----------|
Chord diagramE MajorE |--0----------|---------------|------------|------------|
     Chord diagramE minor 7Em7   Chord diagramA7A7     Chord diagramDmDm  Chord diagramC7C7  BbM7    Chord diagramC7C7          FM7
     v  v  v  v   v   v   v v     v  v   v v   v  v  v  v
e |-------------|-----0---1-0---|-0----------|-1----------|
Chord diagramBB |-------------|-3-----1-3---3-|------3-1-3-|-1--1-------|
Chord diagramG+G |--2-----2----|---2-----2-----|----3-------|-2-----3--2-|
Chord diagramD MajorD |---0-----5---|-0-------------|---2--------|-3----------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA |-----2--0--4-|-----3---1-----|-3----------|-3----------|
Chord diagramE MajorE |--0----------|---------------|------------|------------|


[VERSE]

     FM7                Chord diagramE minor 7Em7      Chord diagramA7A7         Chord diagramDmDm          Dm/C
     v    v   v   v     v   v    v    v     v   v   v   v
e |------------------|----------------0-1-|-0-------------|
Chord diagramBB |------------------|--------0--2--3-----|-----3-3---3---|
Chord diagramG+G |--0---------------|------2----0--------|---2-------2---|
Chord diagramD MajorD |----3--3---------3|------0-------------|-0-------0-----|
Chord diagramA augmentedA |-------3-----0-3--|----2------0--------|-------------3-|
Chord diagramE MajorE |--1--------1------|--0-----------------|---------------|


    BbM7       Chord diagramC7C7         FM7            Chord diagramDmDm   Chord diagramG7G7     Chord diagramBb majorBb FM7
    v    v     v     v     v  v   v  v   v v  v  v   v  v  v  v
e |----------------------|-------------|-----------|------------|
Chord diagramBB |------3--3--1---------|-1--1-1------|-----------|----1-1-----|
Chord diagramG+G |------2-------3-2--0--|-3--2------0-|---2--0----|-3--2-2-----|
Chord diagramD MajorD |---3------------------|-3--3------2-|-3----3--0-|-3--3-3-----|
Chord diagramA augmentedA |-1----------3---------|-3--3--------|-5----2----|-1--3-3-----|
Chord diagramE MajorE |----------------------|-------------|------3----|------------|


[CODA]

    Chord diagramDmDm   Chord diagramG7G7    Chord diagramBb majorBb  Chord diagramFF
    v v  v  v   v  v  v v
e |-----------|----1--1---|
Chord diagramBB |-----------|----1--1---|
Chord diagramG+G |---2--0----|-3--2--2---|
Chord diagramD MajorD |-3----3--0-|-3--3--3---|
Chord diagramA augmentedA |-5----2----|-1--3--3---|
Chord diagramE MajorE |------3----|----1--1---|

Yesterday tab

From their popular album Help comes one of The Beatles most popular songs, Yesterday. It is a balad written by Paul McCarthney and is full of melancholy. Played on an acoustic guitar this is a guaranteed success on parties and concerts. You will get the whole song in the Beatles Yesterday guitar tabs below.

Paul has said that he got the song in a dream and wrote down the notes the next morning by a piano. The song came so easy to him so for months he was afraid that he had copied someone elses work. The song has been released on singles and Eps in many different formats and together with different songs. The image to the right is the Capitol seven inch single released in 1976. An EP with four songs was originally released in 1965. The song is, as you can see in the Beatles Yesterday tabs, played in in G major instead of F major. Paul used his Epiphone Texan steel-string acoustic guitar on the recording and they later added a string quartet. No other Beatles member is on the track.

Other versions of Yesterday

Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Yesterday ukulele by The Beatles

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