Yesterday's Men Chords
by Madness
Yesterday's Men by Madness is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, G, D, D7, Bm and F#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
A A G G
D D D D7
A A G G
D D D D
A
An insolent speck of youth
G
Being taken for a walk
D
So tightly by the ear
D
That he can hardly talk
A
Yesterday's men hang to today
G
To sing in the old-fashioned way
D
It must get better in the long run
D
Has to get better in the long run
A
A metropolitan marathon
G
Has been held today
D
But who you need to catch
D
Will be coming the other way
A
Yesterday's men hang to today
G
To sing in any old way
D
It must get better in the long run
D
Has to get better in the long run
Bm
Because when you're told to start
A
How far can you go
G
When your race is won
A F#
And you already know
Bm
Because when you're told to stop
A
How far will you go
G
When your race is run
A F#
And you already know
A
Yesterday's men hang to today,
G
To sing in any old way,
D
It must get better in the long run
D
Has to get better in the long run
D
Will it get better in the long run
D
Will we be here in the long run
A A G G
D D D D
A
Yesterday's men hang to today,
G
To sing in any old way,
D
It must get better in the long run
D
Has to get better in the long run
D
Will it get better in the long run
D
Will we be here in the long run