Yesterday Chords & Guitar Lesson
Welcome to my Yesterday guitar chord chart by The Beatles. This is a great guitar song that can use a bass pluck style finger picking pattern. You can also strum the song but I think it sounds much better finger picked.
While the key of the song is in F, McCarty played the song in G on a guitar that is tuned down a whole step. The chords here will be in G since it is easier to play. But if you want it to sound just like the recording you will have to tune the guitar down.
See, even pros cheat to make things easier 😉
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Yesterday Guitar Chords:
Yesterday Strumming Patterns:
Strumming: Try to hit the high strings on the D strum
1 + 2+Â Â 3 + 4+
BDDDÂ Â BD DD
Now please don’t yell at me that this isn’t EXACTLY the way Paul plays it. The goal is to make it more accessible to players to have fun with.
Picking:
1Â +Â 2 +Â Â 3 + 4 +
B PÂ P PÂ Â B P P P
I also like to play it as:
Picking:
1Â +Â 2 +Â 3 + 4Â +
BÂ P B PÂ B P BÂ P
Yesterday Guitar Lesson:
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Yesterday Chord Chart:
Intro: G G
Verse:
    G    |F#m     B7|              | Em      Em/D|
Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away
|CÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â D7|Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â |GÂ Â Â G/F#|
now it looks as thought they're here to stay
|Em7Â Â A7|Â Â Â |CÂ Â Â Â Â G|
oh! I believe in Yesterday.
Verse:
 G       |F#m   B7|.           |Em  Em/D|
Suddenly, I'm not half the man I used to be
|CÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â D7|Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â |GÂ Â Â G/F#|
There's a shadow hanging over me
|Em7Â Â Â A7|Â Â Â Â Â Â |CÂ Â Â Â Â G|
Oh! Yesterday, came suddenly.
Chorus:
|F#m   B7|  |Em Em/D  Em/C  Em/B|
Why  she  had  to     go,   I don't
|Am    D7|        G
know she wouldn't say
|F#m  B7|    |Em    Em/D  Em/C  Em/B|
I      said  some  thing wrong, now I
|Am   D7|       G
long  for yesterday
Verse:
 G       |F#m       B7|            |Em  Em/D|
Yesterday  love was such an easy game to play
|CÂ Â Â Â Â Â D7|Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â |GÂ Â G/F#|
 Now I need a place to hide away
|Em7Â Â Â A7|Â Â Â | CÂ Â Â Â Â G| Oh!
IÂ Â Â believe, in Yesterday...
Chorus:
|F#m   B7|  |Em Em/D  Em/C  Em/B|
Why  she  had  to     go,   I don't
|Am    D7|        G
know she wouldn't say
|F#m  B7|    |Em    Em/D  Em/C  Em/B|
I      said  some  thing wrong, now I
|Am   D7|       G
long  for yesterday
Verse:
 G       |F#m       B7|            |Em  Em/D|
Yesterday  love was such an easy game to play
|CÂ Â Â Â Â Â D7|Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â |GÂ Â G/F#|
 Now I need a place to hide away
|Em7Â Â Â A7|Â Â Â | CÂ Â Â Â Â G|
IÂ Â Â believe, in Yesterday...
G/DÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â G/C#Â Â Â G/CÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â G
Hum hum hum hum hum hmm hmm
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