Beatles Yesterday Guitar Tab

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From: jon@zeus.med.utah.edu (Jonathan Byrd)
YESTERDAY
by John Lennon/Paul McCartney
tablature by Jonathan Byrd
I have listed the basic chord progression above the tablature.
Sometimes the melody is part of the chord, and sometimes an extension
of the chord. I did not indicate which notes should be sustained. To
show the timing, I placed a "v" over each beat. I typically play the
intro, two verses, the bridge, another verse, and the coda.
[INTRO]

e
B
G
D
A
E

FM7
G7
Bb FM7
v v v v
v v
v
v
|-------------|--------------|-------------|----1--1------|-----2--0----|-3--2--2------|--3-----3--0-|-3--3--3------|--3-----2----|-1--3--3------|--1-----3----|---------------

[VERSE]

e
B
G
D
A
E

e
B
G
D
A
E

FM7
Em7
A7
Dm
Dm/C
/ v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
||------------------|----------------0-1-|-0-------------|
||------------------|--------0--2--3-----|-----3-3---3---|
||--0---------------|------2----0--------|---2-------2---|
||----3--3---------3|------0-------------|-0-------0-----|
||-------3-----0-3--|----2------0--------|-------------3-|
||--1--------1------|--0-----------------|---------------|
\
BbM7
C7
FM7
Dm
G7
Bb FM7
v
v
v
v
v v
v v
v v v v
v v v v \
|----------------------|-------------|-----------|------------||
|------3--3--1---------|-1--1-1------|-----------|----1-1-----||
|------2--------3--2-0-|-3--2------0-|---2--0----|-3--2-2-----||
|---3------------------|-3--3------2-|-3----3--0-|-3--3-3-----||
|-1----------3---------|-3--3--------|-5----2----|-1--3-3-----||
|----------------------|-------------|------3----|------------||
/

[BRIDGE]
Em7

A7

Dm

C7

BbM7

C7

FM7

e
B
G
D
A
E

v v v v
v
v
v v
v v
v v
v v v v
|-------------|-----0---1-0---|-0----------|------------|
|-------------|-3-----1-3---3-|------3-1-3-|-1----------|
|--2-----2----|---2-----2-----|----3-------|-2----------|
|--0-----5----|-0-------------|---2--------|-3----------|
|--2-----0----|-----3---1-----|-3----------|-3----------|
|--0----------|---------------|------------|------------|

e
B
G
D
A
E

Em7
A7
Dm C7 BbM7
C7
FM7
v v v v
v
v
v v
v v
v v
v v v v
|-------------|-----0---1-0---|-0----------|-1----------|
|-------------|-3-----1-3---3-|------3-1-3-|-1--1-------|
|--2-----2----|---2-----2-----|----3-------|-2-----3--2-|
|---0-----5---|-0-------------|---2--------|-3----------|
|-----2--0--4-|-----3---1-----|-3----------|-3----------|
|--0----------|---------------|------------|------------|

[VERSE]

e
B
G
D
A
E

FM7
Em7
A7
Dm
Dm/C
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
|------------------|----------------0-1-|-0-------------|
|------------------|--------0--2--3-----|-----3-3---3---|
|--0---------------|------2----0--------|---2-------2---|
|----3--3---------3|------0-------------|-0-------0-----|
|-------3-----0-3--|----2------0--------|-------------3-|
|--1--------1------|--0-----------------|---------------|

e
B
G
D
A
E

BbM7
C7
FM7
Dm
G7
Bb FM7
v
v
v
v
v v
v v
v v v v
v v v v
|----------------------|-------------|-----------|------------|
|------3--3--1---------|-1--1-1------|-----------|----1-1-----|
|------2-------3-2--0--|-3--2------0-|---2--0----|-3--2-2-----|
|---3------------------|-3--3------2-|-3----3--0-|-3--3-3-----|
|-1----------3---------|-3--3--------|-5----2----|-1--3-3-----|
|----------------------|-------------|------3----|------------|

[CODA]

e
B
G
D
A
E

Dm
G7
Bb F
v v v v
v v v v
|-----------|----1--1---|
|-----------|----1--1---|
|---2--0----|-3--2--2---|
|-3----3--0-|-3--3--3---|
|-5----2----|-1--3--3---|
|------3----|----1--1---|

-jonathan byrd
jon@apollo.med.utah.edu
From: Howard Wright (Hman)
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 1995 10:37:01 +0100 (BST)

Yesterday - The Beatles

----------------------------------

from the album 'Help'

tabbed by Howard Wright
H.Wright@astro.cf.ac.uk

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:
------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:
--------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

Em/D

all my

D7

troubles seemed so far away

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

Em7

A7

looks as if they're here to stay

oh

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

yesterday

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

Middle 8:
---------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 don't know she wouldn't say

------------------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

something wrong now I long for yes - ter - day

Verse 3:
--------Yesterday
Love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
Oh I believe in yesterday
Repeat Middle 8
Repeat Verse
End with :
Em7

A7

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

Howard

Date: Sun, 05 Jan 1997 20:55:53 -0500

From: Steve Wellman
Subject: TAB: Yesterday (Lennon/McCartney)

Yesterday
by John Lennon & Paul McCarteny
tabed by Steve Wellman
F
A7
Dm
e|-----------------|-------------------0----1--|-0---------------|
b|-----------------|-----0---2---3-------------|----3--3---------|
g|--0--------------|--2------------------------|-----------------|
d|------3---3------|---------------------------|-----------------|
a|-----------------|---------------------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|---------------------------|-----------------|
Yes-ter-day,
all my trou-bles seemed so far a-way
Bb
C
F
Dm
G
e|-------------------------------|-------------------|----------------|
b|--3--3---1---------------------|-------------------|----------------|
g|--------------3-----2-------0--|--3---2---2-----0--|----2---0-------|
d|-------------------------------|-------------------|-3----------0---|
a|-------------------------------|-------------------|----------------|

E|-------------------------------|-------------------|----------------|
Now it looks as though they're here to stay, Oh
I be-lieve in
Bb
F
A7
Dm
e|-------------|---------------|-------------------0--1-|--0---------|
b|-------------|---------------|------0---2---3---------|------3--3--|
g|------2---2--|--0------------|--2---------------------|------------|
d|--3----------|------3--3-----|------------------------|------------|
a|-------------|---------------|------------------------|------------|
E|-------------|---------------|------------------------|------------|
yes-ter-day. Sud-den-ly,
I'm not half the man I
used to be.
Bb
C7
F
Dm
G
e|----------------------------|----------------|------------------|
b|---3-----3--1---------------|----------------|------------------|
g|----------------3---2---0---|-3--2--2-----0--|------2----0------|
d|----------------------------|----------------|--3-----------0---|
a|----------------------------|----------------|------------------|
E|----------------------------|----------------|------------------|
There's a shad-ow hang-ing
o-ver me, Oh
yes-ter-day came
Bb
F
A7
Dm
Bb
C7
e|-------------|------------|-----0--1--0-------|---0-----------------|
b|-------------|------------|--3------------3---|--------3----1----3--|
g|------2---2--|---2---2----|-------------------|---------------------|
d|--3----------|------------|-------------------|---------------------|
a|-------------|------------|-------------------|---------------------|
E|-------------|------------|-------------------|---------------------|
sud-den-ly.
Why she
had to go I don't
know, she would-n't
F
A7
Dm
Bb
C
e|--------|---------|--------0-----1----0----|--0-------------0--|
b|--------|---------|--3-------------------3-|-------3---1-------|
g|--2-----|-2---2---|------------------------|-------------------|
d|--------|---------|------------------------|-------------------|
a|--------|---------|------------------------|-------------------|
E|--------|---------|------------------------|-------------------|
say.
I said
some-thing wrong now I
long for yes-terF
A7
Dm
e|-1------------|--------------|-------------------0--1-|---0-----------|
b|-----1--------|--------------|-------0---2---3--------|-------3---3---|
g|--------3--2--|--0-----------|--2---------------------|---------------|
d|--------------|------3---3---|------------------------|---------------|
a|--------------|--------------|------------------------|---------------|
E|--------------|--------------|------------------------|---------------|
day.________
Yes-ter-day,
love was such an eas-y
game to play.
Bb
C7
F
Dm
G
Bb
F
e|-----------------------|------------------|---------------|--------------|
b|--3--3--1--------------|------------------|---------------|--------------|
g|------------3---2---0--|--3---2--2-----0--|---2----0------|------2---2---|
d|-----------------------|------------------|-3----------0--|--3-----------|
a|-----------------------|------------------|---------------|--------------|
E|-----------------------|------------------|---------------|--------------|
Now I need a place to
hide a-way, Oh
I be-lieve in
yes-ter-day.

Now repeat from "Why she had to go..." and then play this:
Dm
G
Bb
F
e|-------------|------------|

b|-------------|------------|
g|----2--0-----|-----2--2---|
d|-3--------0--|--3---------|
a|-------------|------------|
E|-------------|------------|
Mm mm mm mm
mm mm mm
This songs sounds cool if you have two guitar players,and one plays chords
and the other plays lead.

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