Yesterday - Piano Notes and Chords

Piano Notes and Chords for Yesterday – The Beatles

Another classic from The Beatles with a simple melody and chord progression.

This post provides the melody notes (right hand letter notes) and chords (left hand notes) for the song Yesterday by The Beatles.

Key Information for the Song Yesterday by The Beatles

Key Signature: One flat (Bb)
Scale: F Major Scale (one black key)
F Major Scale Notes: F, G, A, Bb, C, D, E

Yesterday The Beatles Piano Notes and Chords Key

The relative minor of F major is D minor (i.e., the same notes but arranged in a different order).
D minor Scale Notes: D, E, F, G, A, Bb, C

Tempo: 97 bpm
Time Signature: 4/4
Difficulty Level: Beginner

The song is in F major with a tempo of 97 BPM and a 4/4 time signature. These notes are intended for piano and suitable for piano beginners.

Yesterday Piano Tutorial

Piano Keys Layout

Symbols Used in the Song

Asterisk: star symbol (*): Indicates an octave.
Notes in Brackets: (): Play quickly or fast.
Wavy Lines: Tilde (~): Sustained Notes.
Vertical Bar: Pipe Symbol (|): Indicates a chord change.
Asterisk after a note (e.g., C*): Indicates a higher octave note.
Asterisk before a note (e.g., *C): Indicates a lower octave note.

Chord details for the song such as structure, formula, note intervals, etc., are given after the full song notations.

Yesterday Piano Chords

Notes of the F Major Scale: F, G, A, Bb (A#), C, D, E, F

Chords of the F Major Scale:
F, Gm, Am, Bb, C, Dm and Edm
(i.e., F major, G minor, A minor, Bb major, C major, D minor and E diminished)

Chords used for the song _ are:
F, C, C7, Dm, Dm7, Em, G, G7, Am, A7, Bb, Bbmaj7

Notes for the Yesterday Song Chords are:
F (F major): F, A, C
C (C major): C, E, G
C7 (C dominant seventh): C, E, G, Bb
Dm (D minor): D, F, A
Dm7 (D minor seventh): D, F, A, C
Em (E minor): E, G, B
G (G major): G, B, D
G7 (G dominant seventh): G, B, D, F
Am (A minor): A, C, E
A7 (A dominant seventh): A, C#, E, G
Bb (Bb major): Bb, D, F
Bbmaj7 (Bb major seventh): Bb, D, F, A

Yesterday Piano Notes and Chords

Intro Music

For intro music, play notes in brackets simultaneously.

| (*A C) (*A C) (*A C) | (*A C) (*A C) (*A C)
| F | F

Verse 1

Yesterday
All my troubles seemed so far away
Now it looks as though they’re here to stay
Oh, I believe in yesterday

G  F  F~~~        A  B    (C#*)  D*~
| Yesterday |    All my | troubles
| F              | Em         | A7

E* F* E*~~ D* D*~~~
semeed so | far away|
| Dm | Dm7 (Dm/C)

     D*  (D*)    C*    (Bb)  A~
|    Now it   | looks as though
| Bb           | C7

G          Bb~~ A  A~~
they’re | here  to stay
           | F

G     F~ A  G~~     D  F~    A  A~~~
Oh, | I  believe|     in  | yes | terday.
       | Dm7      | G      | Bb  | F

Verse 2

Suddenly
I’m not half the man I used to be
There’s a shadow hanging over me
Oh, yesterday came suddenly

G F F~~~
| Suddenly
| F | F

     A   B   (C#*) D*~ E* F*   E*~~  D*  D*~~~
|    I’m not | half the man I | used to be. |
| Em         | A7                  | Dm             | Dm7

     D*  (D*)    C* (Bb)  A~  G      Bb~~  A  A~~
|   There’s a | shadow hanging | over me
| Bb             | C7                      | F

G  F~~  A  G~~  D  F~  A  A~~
Oh, | yesterday,|  came | sud| denly.
       | Dm7         | G       | Bb | F

Chorus

Why she had to go
I don’t know, she wouldn’t say
I said something wrong
Now I long for yesterday

A~~     A~~   D*~    E*~  F*~
| Why | she  | had  | to   | go ,
| A7    | A7    | Dm  | C   | Bb

E*  D*    E*~~     D*    C*~  D*    A~~~
| I don’t  | know, she  | wouldn’t say
| Am      | Gm            | C7            | F C

A~~   A~~   D*~  E*~          F*~
I       | said  | some | thing | wrong,
| A7  | A7    | Dm     | C      | Bb

E*  D*  E*~~  D*  C*~  E*~  F*~~~
now I  | long  for   | yester | day
| Am   | C7            | C7      | F

Verse 3

Yesterday
Love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
Oh, I believe in yesterday

G  F  F~~  A  B  C#*  (D*)  E*~  F*  E*~  D*  D*~~
| Yesterday|   love was | such an easy | game to play,|
| F              | Em          | A7                  | Dm               | Dm7

D*  (D*)  C*  (Bb)  A~  G  Bb~  A  A~~
|   Now I need|   a place to | hide away,
| Bb                | C7             | F

G  F~  A  G~~  D     F~  A  A~~~
Oh, | I  believe|  in   | yes| terday.
       | Dm7       | G   | Bb | F