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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3 Version 4 Version 5 Version 6 Version 7 Version 8 Version 9Chords in the original key of F. McCartney play it in G but uses a guitar that is tuned down one full step (D-G-C-F-A-d), that's why the song sounds in the key of F. Transposed +2 to G (the way McCartney plays it in the studio and live until today) the song is much easier to play. [Verse 1] F Em7 A7 Dm Dm/C Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away Bb C7 F F/E Dm G7 Bb F F Now it looks as though they're here to stay oh I believe in yesterday [Verse 2] F Em7 A7 Dm Dm/C Suddenly I'm not half the man I used to be Bb C7 F F/E Dm G7 Bb F F there's a shadow hanging over me oh yesterday came suddenly [Chorus] Em7 A7 Dm Dm/C Bb Gm C F Why she had to go I don't know she wouldn't say Em7 A7 Dm Dm/C Bb Gm C F I said something wrong now I long for yesterday [Verse 3] F Em7 A7 Dm Dm/C Yesterday love was such an easy game to play Bb C7 F F/E Dm G7 Bb F F now I need a place to hide away oh I believe in yesterday [Chorus] Em7 A7 Dm Dm/C Bb Gm C F Why she had to go I don't know she wouldn't say Em7 A7 Dm Dm/C Bb Gm C F I said something wrong now I long for yesterday [Verse] F Em7 A7 Dm Dm/C Yesterday love was such an easy game to play Bb C7 F F/E Dm G7 Bb F F now I need a place to hide away oh I believe in yesterday [Outro] Dm G7 Bb F F mm mm mm mm mm mm mmmmmmmmm