Yesterdays Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays460

Yesterdays by Ella Fitzgerald is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, B7, B, Em7, Em6, C, Am7, Cmaj7/6, F, G7, G7/5+, G and F7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Em
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  			Em     B7   Em     B7 
Yesterdays, yesterdays, 
 
Em     B+      Em7     Em6     C         B7 
Days I knew as happy, sweet sequestered days. 
 
Am7    B7    Em    Cmaj7/6 
Olden days, golden days, 
 
F       G7      G7/5+        C 
Days of mad ro - mance and love. 
 
 B7       Em        B7    Em       B7 
Then gay youth was mine, truth was mine, 
 
Em     B+       Em7     Em6        C         B7 
Joyous free and flaming life, forsooth, was mine. 
 
Am7   B7   G    Cmaj7/6 
Sad am I, glad am  I 
 
F7    G7               C  B7     Em 
For today I'm dreaming of Yesterdays. 
 
 
 
Repeat 2 twices . 

    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante