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Tuning: Standard tuning
Difficulty: intermediate
Yesterday - The Beatles
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You need to tune all strings down one tone for this - so when
you play a G shape it actually comes out in the key of F.
It's important to do this - you can't just play the thing in F
using normal tuning - you need some bass notes which you can
only get by tuning down a tone and playing as if in G.
(I'll write all the chord names as if in standard tuning)
Intro:
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G(no 3rd)
-----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----------------------------------------
-----0-0-0---0-0-0------0-0-0---0-0-0----------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
---3------------------3----------------------------------------------------
Verse 1:
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G(no 3rd) F#7 B7 Em
-----3-3-3---3-3-3-------2-2-2--------2-2-2------------0-0-0---------------
-----3-3-3---3-3-3-------2-2-2--------4-4-4------------0-0-0---------------
-----0-0-0---0-0-0-------3-3-3--------2-2-2------------0-0-0---------------
-----0-0-0---0-0-0-------2-2-2--------4-4-4---------2--------------------
-------------------------4-4-4----2-------------------------------------------
---3-------3----------2----------------------------------------------------
Yesterday all my ...
Em/D C D7 G(no 3rd)
----0----0-----0-0-0---------2-2-2--------------3-3-3--------------------------
----0----0-----1-1-1---------1-1-1--------------3-3-3--------------------------
----0----0-----0-0-0---------2-2-2--------------0-0-0--------------------------
--2----0-------2-2-2-----0----------------------0-0-0--------------------------
-------------3-----------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------3-----------3----2----------------
now it looks as ...
Em7 A7 C G(no 3rd)
-----0-0-0------0-0-0----0--3--3----------------------------------------------
-----3-3-3------2-2-2----1--3--3----------------------------------------------
-----0-0-0------0-0-0----0--0--0----------------------------------------------
-----2-2-2------2-2-2----2--0--0----------------------------------------------
-----2-2-2---0-----------3----------------------------------------------------
--0-------------------------3--3----------------------------------------------
I believe in .....
Middle 8:
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F#7sus4 B7 (Em) (C) Am D7 G(no 3rd)
---------------2-2-2----0-----0------------0-0-0-------2-2-2-----3-3-3---3-3-3-
----2-2-2------4-4-4----0-----1------------1-1-1-------1-1-1-----3-3-3---3-3-3-
----4-4-4------2-2-2----0-----0------------2-2-2-------2-2-2-----0-0-0---0-0-0-
----2-2-2------4-4-4----2--0--2------------2-2-2----0------------0-0-0---0-0-0-
----4-4-4---2-----------------3--2------0--------------------------------------
-2-------------------------------------------------------------3---------------
Why she had to go I ...
------------------2-2-2----0-------0--------------0-0-0-----2-2-2---------
-----2-2-2--------4-4-4----0-------1--------------1-1-1-----1-1-1---------
-----4-4-4--------2-2-2----0-------0--------------2-2-2-----2-2-2---------
-----2-2-2--------4-4-4----2---0---2--------------2-2-2--0----------------
-----4-4-4-----2-------------------3-----2-----0--------------------------
--2------------------------------------------------------------------3----
I said .....
Verse 3:
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Repeat Middle 8
Repeat Verse
End with :
Em7 A7 C G(no 3rd)
-----0-0-0------0-0-0----0--3--3----------------------------------------------
-----3-3-3------2-2-2----1--3--3----------------------------------------------
-----0-0-0------0-0-0----0--0--0----------------------------------------------
-----2-2-2------2-2-2----2--0--0----------------------------------------------
-----2-2-2---0-----------3----------------------------------------------------
--0-------------------------3--3----------------------------------------------
mmm - mmm - mmm - mmm -mm m mmmmm
Other versions of this song
- Yesterday (Tabs)
- Yesterday (Chords)
- Yesterday (Ver2) (Tabs)
- Yesterday (Ver3) (Tabs)
- Yesterday (Ver2) (Chords)
- Yesterday (Ver5) (Tabs)
- Yesterday (Ver3) (Chords)
- Yesterday (Ver4) (Chords)
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Last Updated: September 10, 2025