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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3 Version 4 Version 5 Version 6 Version 7 Version 8 Version 9Song: Yesterday Artist: The Beatles Composer: Paul McCartney (Credited to Lennon & McCartney) Album: Help Tabbed by DJ ('DiddyD' on ultimateGuitar-) 20th June 2019 To hear the track, copy and paste this link: --.-/watch?ds49apRTXUZDBBYo The crucial thing to achieve the way Paul McCartney played this is this dropped tuning... DROPPED TUNING: D-G-C-F-A-D De-tune all strings a whole tone down below standard tuning. Using a chromatic tuner makes this a bit easier NOTE: The song is played in G on guitar, but, with the full tone dropped tuning, the song will sound in the key of F. (For keyboard and bass players etc, set the transpose function to +2 to view the chords in the key of F.) Please IGNORE ANY CHORD BOXES the website might automatically suggest and use the typed shapes shown below: G = 320033 D7 = xx0212 Emadd9/B = x22002 F#m = 244222 G/F# = 2x0033 Em/B = x22000 B7 = x21202 Em7 = 022030 Am6 = x02212 Em = xx2000 A7 = x02020 D7 = xx0212 Em7/D = xx0000 F#m7 = 242222 G5 = xxx033 C = 332010 C * = x32013 A7 * = xx2023 N.C. = No chords ^ = Emphasise the beats Emphasise the bass note of each chord, particularly the progressions in Verses 3 and 5. In the live video though he plays the C with a bottom G but doesn't appear to emphasise that particular note, personally I would still emphasise the C on the 5th string. Please select a star rating for this tab, many thanks ============================================================= [Intro] G | / / / / | / / / / | [Verse 1] G F#m B7 Em Em7/D C Yesterday, ...all my troubles seemed so far away, D G Now it looks as though they're here to stay, G/F# Em7 A7 C G G N.C. Oh, I be - lieve in yes - ter - day ^ ^ ^ [Verse 2] G F#m B7 Em Em7/D C Suddenly, ...I'm not half the man I used to be, D G There's a shadow hanging over me, G/F# Em7 A7 C G G Oh, yester - day came sud - den - ly ^ ^ ^ [Verse 3] F#m B7 Em D C * Why ...she ...had to go, Emadd9/B Em/B Am6 D7 G I ...don't know, she wouldn't say, F#m B7 Em D C * I ...said ...some - thing wrong, Emadd9/B Em/B Am6 D7 G N.C. Now I long for yester - day--------- [Verse 4] G F#m B7 Em Em7/D C Yesterday, ...love was such an easy game to play, D7 G Now I need a place to hide away, G/F# Em7 A7 C G G Oh, I be - lieve in yes - ter - day ^ ^ ^ [Verse 5] F#m B7 Em D C * Why ...she ...had to go, Emadd9/B Em/B Am6 D7 G I ...don't know, she wouldn't say, F#m B7 Em D C * I ...said ...some - thing wrong, Emadd9/B Em/B Am6 D7 G N.C. Now I long for yester - day--------- [Verse 6] G F#m B7 Em Em7/D C Yesterday, ...love was such an easy game to play, D7 G Now I need a place to hide away, G/F# Em7 A7 C G G Oh, I be - lieve in yes - ter - day ^ ^ ^ [Coda] G5 A7 * C G G Mm, mm! Mm, mm! Mm, mm - mm! ^ ^ ^