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Yesterday Once More by Carpenters - Guitar Chords

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                 Yesterday Once More – The Carpenters
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Written by: Richard Carpenter/John Bettis
From: "Now & Then" (1973)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

For easier chord shapes transpose this chord sheet -4 and use  capo 4th fret
to match the original key. I added voicings and basic tabs for the transposed 
version as well.

Transpose:   -      -4
Capo:        -      4
Play:        E      C
Key:         E      E

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LINK

[Original Key]              [Transposed - 4]
 B7/D# A/B                   G7/B F/G
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +            1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 
e|2---4-0---------|        e|----0-----------|
B|0---0-2---------|        B|3-----1---------|
G|2-----2---------|        G|0-----2---------|
D|1-----2---------|        D|3-----3---------|
A|------2---------|        A|2---------------|
E|----------------|        E|------3---------|


INTERLUDE

[Original Key]              [Transposed - 4]
  Emaj7        A/B           Cmaj7        F/G
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +            1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 
e|----------0---0-|        e|----------------|
B|----4-4-4-0---2-|        B|----0-0-0-1--(1)|
G|----4-4-4-----2-|        g|----0-0-0-----2-|
D|2---2-2-2-----2-|        D|----2-2-2-----3-|
A|2-------------2-|        A|3---------------|
E|0---------------|        E|--------------3-|

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CHORDS

[Original Key]              [Transposed - 4]
          E-A-D-G-B-e              E-A-D-G-B-e
E (verse) x-7-6-4-5-4       Em/B   x-2-x-0-0-0
G#m/D#    x-6-6-5-5-5       Am/G   3-x-2-2-1-0
C#m       x-4-6-6-5-4       Fmaj7  1-x-2-2-1-0
C#m/B     7-x-6-4-5-4       Em7    0-2-0-0-0-0     
Bdim7     x-2-3-1-3-x       Gdim7  x-x-2-3-2-3
B7/D#     x-x-1-2-0-2       G7/B   x-2-3-0-3-x
A/B       x-2-2-2-2-0       F/G    3-x-3-2-1-x
D#m7-5    x-6-7-6-7-x       Bm7-5  x-2-3-2-3-x

Caug      x-3-2-1-1-x       G#aug  4-x-2-1-1-x or (easier) x-3-2-1-1-x
E/B       x-2-2-1-0-0       C/G    3-x-2-0-1-0
A#m7-5    x-1-2-1-2-0       F#m7-5 2-x-2-2-1-0 

Emaj7     0-2-2-4-4-x       Cmaj7  x-3-2-0-0-0

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[Intro]
| E | 

[Verse 1]
           E                       G#m/D#
When I was young I'd listen to the radio
        C#m             C#m/B
Waiting for my favorite songs
          Amaj7            G#m7
When they played I'd sing along
   Bdim7   F#m7    | B7/D# A/B |
It made me smile      (link) (see above)

[Verse 2]
                E                      G#m/D#
Those were such happy times and not so long ago
      C#m      C#m/B        Amaj7
How I wondered where they'd gone
D#m7-5 G#7     C#m
But    they're back again
            C#m/B
Just like a long lost friend
        Amaj7   F#m7    B
All the songs I love so well

[Chorus]
A/B B  E                   C#m             E         C#m
Ev -ry sha-la-la-la, every wo-o-wo-o still shines
      E
Every shing-a-ling-a-ling 
              C#m                F#m7   B  
That they're startin' to sing so fine
A/B B         C#m
    When they get to the part
           Caug
Where he's breaking her heart
       E/B            A#m7-5
It can really make me cry
            E/B   
Just like before
A/B                   Emaj7
  It's yesterday once more

[Interlude] (see above)
Emaj7           A/B
 Shoobidoo-lang-lang
Emaj7           A/B
 Shoobidoo-lang-lang

[Verse 3]
        E                     G#m/D#
Looking back on how it was in years gone by
        C#m               C#m/B
And the good times that I had
        Amaj7           G#m7
Makes today seem rather sad
            F#m7     | A/B B |
So much has changed

[Verse 4]
       E                          G#m/D#
It was songs of love that I would sing to then
        C#m C#m/B     Amaj7
And I'd memorize each word
D#m7-5 G#7 C#m                     C#m/B
Those  old melodies still sound so good to me
        Amaj7    F#m7   A/B
As they melt the years away

[Chorus]
A/B B  E                   C#m               E                     C#m
Ev -ry sha-la-la-la, every wo-o-wo-o still shines
                                               (All the oldies but goodies)
      E
Every shing-a-ling-a-ling 
              C#m                F#m7   B  
That they're startin' to sing so fine
A/B B      C#m                     Caug
    All my best memories come back clearly to me
         E/B          A#m7-5
Some can even make me cry
            E/B   
Just like before
A/B                 [ Emaj7 ]
  It's yesterday once more

[Interlude] (see above)
Emaj7           A/B
 Shoobidoo-lang-lang

[Outro]
A/B B  E                   C#m             E         C#m
Ev -ry sha-la-la-la, every wo-o-wo-o still shines
      E
Every shing-a-ling-a-ling 
              C#m                F#m7   B  
That they're startin' to sing so fine
A/B B  E                   C#m             E         C#m
Ev -ry sha-la-la-la, every wo-o-wo-o still shines
      E
Every shing-a-ling-a-ling 
              C#m                F#m7   B  
That they're startin' to sing so fine

(repeat and fade) 
        

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