...YESTER-ME, YESTER-YOU, YESTERDAY...
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by Stevie Wonder
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*from 'My Cherie Amour' (1969)*
(Original Key: C#)
(*Transposed one Semi-tone higher)
Intro:
D7 G7
Yester-me, yester-you,
C F C
Yester-day.
Verse 1:
Dm7 G7 C
What happened to, the world we knew?
Dm7 G7
When we would dream and scheme,
C E7 Am
And while the time a-way.
Chorus 1:
D7 G7
Yester-me, yester-you,
C F C
Yester-day.
Verse 2:
Dm7 G7 C
Where did it go; that yester glow?
Dm7 G7
When we could feel, the wheel of,
C E7 Am
Life turn our way.
Chorus 2:
D7 G7
Yester-me, yester-you,
C F C
Yester-day.
Bridge 1:
C Dm7 G7
I had a dream; so did you;
C E7 Am
Life was warm and love was true.
D7 G7
Two kids who followed all the rules;
G Dm C Ebm
Ye-ster fools and...
Verse 3:
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Dm7 G7
Now, now it seems;
C
Those yester dreams,
Dm7 G7
Were just a cruel and foolish,
C E7 Am
Game we used to play.
Chorus 3:
D7 G7
Yester-me, yester-you,
C F C
Yester-day.
Bridge 2:
C Dm7 G7
When I re-call what we had;
C E7 Am
I feel lost I feel sad.
D7 G7
With nothing but the memory of,
G Dm C Ebm
Ye-ster love and...
Verse 4:
Dm7 G7
Now, now it seems;
C
Those yester dreams,
Dm7 G7
Were just a cruel and foolish,
C E7 Am
Game we used to play.
Coda:
D7 G7
Yester-me, yester-you,
C
Yester-day.
D7 G7
Yester-me, yester-you,
C
Yester-day.
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Dm7 G7 C E7 Am
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
xx0211 323000 x32010 020100 x02210
D7 F G Ebm
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
xx0212 x32210 320003 x68876
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
