Yesterday - The Beatles

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"Yesterday"   The Beatles
written and sung by:Paul McCartney


(fingerpicked six-string acoustic guitar in standard tuning)

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[Playing Order]
[Intro]
1 verse
2 verse
3 chorus
4 verse
5 chorus
6 verse
  ending

Lyrics:
1  Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away. 
   Now it look as though they're here to stay. 
   Oh, I believe in yesterday. 

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

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

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

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

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

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