Key:F
Chords in the original key of F. McCartney plays it in G but uses a guitar that is tuned down one full step (D-G-C-F-A-d), that's why the song sounds in the key of F.
Transposed +2 to G (the way McCartney played it in the studio and plays it live until today) the song is much easier to play.
[Intro]
F F
F Em7 A7 Dm Dm/C
Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away
Bb C7 F F/E Dm G7 Bb F F
Now it looks as though they're here to stay, oh I believe in yesterday
F Em7 A7 Dm Dm/C
Suddenly, I'm not half the man I used to be
Bb C7 F F/E Dm G7 Bb F F
There's a shadow hanging over me, oh yesterday came suddenly
G/A A7 Dm C B♭ Dm/A Gm C7
Why she had to go I don't know, she wouldn't say
Em7 A7 Dm Dm/C Bb Gm C F
I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday
F Em7 A7 Dm Dm/C
Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play
Bb C7 F F/E Dm G7 Bb F F
Now I need a place to hide away, oh I believe in yesterday
Em7 A7 Dm Dm/C Bb Gm C F
Why she had to go I don't know, she wouldn't say
Em7 A7 Dm Dm/C Bb Gm C F
I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday
F Em7 A7 Dm Dm/C
Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play
Bb C7 F F/E Dm G7 Bb F F
Now I need a place to hide away, oh I believe in yesterday
F G/F Bb F F
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