Yes-ter-day,__all my trou-bles seemed so far a-way,__
Now it looks as though__ they're here to say.__
oh I be-lieve__in yes-ter-day.__

Why she had to go I don't know, she wouldn't say.___
I said some-thing wrong, now I long for yes-ter-day.
Yes-ter-day,___love was such an eas-y game to play.____
Now I need a place to hide a-way, oh I be-lieve in yes-ter-day.__
Mm   mm   mm   mm   mmmm.________

Sud-den-ly,___ I'm not half the man__I used to be,
There's a shad-ow hang-ing o - ver me.__
oh yes - ter- day came sud-den-ly.___

Why she had to go I don't know, she wouldn't say.___
I said some-thing wrong, now I long for yes-ter-day.
Yes-ter-day,___love was such an eas-y game to play.____
Now I need a place to hide a-way, oh I be-lieve in yes-ter-day.__
Mm   mm   mm   mm   mmmm.________

Circa 1965
Words and Music by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
Copyright ©Northern Songs Ltd.