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Yesterday (Fingerstyle) - lonelypicker       mp3
  Artist: The Beatles   Video
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  Standard Tuning - 4/4 Time
Intro:
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   G                 G
    _   _   _   _     _   _   _   _ 
   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |
e|---3-3-3---3-3-3-|---3-3-3---3-3-3-|
B|---3-3-3---3-3-3-|---3-3-3---3-3-3-|
G|---0-0-0---0-0-0-|---0-0-0---0-0-0-|
D|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|

                 - OR -
   G
    _   _   _   _     _   _   _   _
   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |
e|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----0-0---------|-----0-0---------|
G|-----0-0-----0---|-----0-0-----0---|
D|---0-------0---0-|---0-------0---0-|
A|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|

Verse:
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   G                B7                 Em        D
    _   _   _   _     _   _   _   _     _   _   _   _
   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |
e|-----------------|-----------0-2-3-|-2---0-0---------|
B|-0---------------|-----0-2-4-------|-0-----------0---|
G|-2-0-0-------0---|-----2-----------|---0-------0-----|
D|-0-----0---0---0-|---1-------------|---------2-----0-|
A|-----------------|-2-------2-------|-----------------|
E|-3-------3-------|-----------------|-0---------------|
1. Yesterday All my troubles seemed so far away

   C       G         C/G       D/F#    Em      A
    _   _   _   _     _   _   _   _     _   _   _   _
   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |
e|-----0-0---------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----1---3-1-0---|-1---0-0---------|-----0---------0-|
G|---0-----------2-|-0---0-0-----2---|-0-----2-----2---|
D|-----------------|---0-------0---0-|---2-------2-----|
A|-3-------2-------|-----------------|---------0-------|
E|-----------------|-3-------3---2---|-0---------------|
1. Now it looks as though they're here to stay
                                  Oh, I believe in yester-
   C       G
    _   _   _   _
   | | | | | | | |
e|-----------------|
B|-------0---------|
G|-0---0-------0---|
D|-2-2-------0---0-|
A|-3---------------|
E|---------3-------|
1. day

Chorus:
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   B7                Em  D   C         D
    _   _   _   _     _   _   _   _     _   _   _   _
   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |
e|-----------------|-0---2---3---2-0-|-2-----0-----0---|
B|-0-----0-0-----0-|---0-----1-------|-3---3---3-----0-|
G|-----2-------2---|-------2-0-0-----|-2-2-------2-----|
D|---1-------1-----|-2---0-----------|-0-------0-------|
A|---------2-------|---------3-------|-----------------|
E|-2---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  Why she had to go, I don't know, she wouldn't

   G
    _   _   _   _
   | | | | | | | |
e|-----------------|
B|---------------0-|
G|-----0-------0---|
D|---0---0---0-----|
A|-----------------|
E|-3-------3-------|
 say

   B7                Em  D   C         D  
    _   _   _   _     _   _   _   _     _   _   _   _
   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |
e|-----------------|-0---2---3---2-0-|-2-----0-----2---|
B|-0-----0-0-----0-|---0-----1-------|-3---3---3-----3-|
G|-----2-------2---|-------2-0-0-----|-2-2-------2-----|
D|---1-------1-----|-2---0-----------|-0-------0-------|
A|---------2-------|---------3-------|-----------------|
E|-2---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  I said something wrong, now I long for yester-

   G
    _   _   _   _
   | | | | | | | |
e|-3---------------|
B|-3---3---1---0---|
G|-----0---0---0---|
D|---0---0---0---0-|
A|-----------------|
E|-3-------3-------|
 day

Outro:
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   G       A         C     G
    _   _   _   _     _   _   _   _
   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |
e|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----0-----------|-----0-0---------|
G|-0-----2-----2---|-0-----0---------|
D|---0-------2---2-|-2-2-------------|
A|---------0-------|-3---------------|
E|-3---------------|-------3---------|
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Lyrics and Chords:
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Verse 1:
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G     [F#m   B7           ]          Em    [ D
Yesterday All my troubles seemed so far away
C  ]   D7                      G
Now it looks as though they're here to stay
   Em   A       [ C     G ]
Oh, I believe in yesterday

Verse 2:
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Suddenly I'm not half the man I used to be
There's a shadow hangin' over me
Oh, yesterday came suddenly

Chorus:
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B7     [Em   D  C       ]   D7
Why she had to go, I don't know, 
             G
she wouldn't say
B7     [Em   D  C       ]   D7
I said something wrong, now I long 
          [G  D C G]
for yesterday

Verse 3:
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Yesterday love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
Oh, I believe in yesterday

Chorus:
------

Why she had to go, I don't know, 
she wouldn't say
I said something wrong, now I long 
for yesterday

Verse 4:
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Yesterday love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
Oh, I believe in yesterday

Outro:
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