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Only Yesterday

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[Verse]
EbAfter long enough of being aFm7/Eblone
Bb/EbEveryone must face
their share of EbloneliBb/Dness Cm7  
In my own F7/Atime nobody Bbknew
The Gmpain I was goin' Abthrough
And Fm7waitin' was all my Bb4heart could Bbdo Bb7  
EbHope was all I had until you F7/Ebcame
Ddim/EbMaybe you can't see
how much you Bb/Ebmean to Ebme Bb/D  Cm  
You were the F7/Adawn breaking the Bbnight
The Gm7promise of morning lighAbt
F/AFiling the world surroBbunding me
When I hold you
[Bridge]
DbBaby, Baby Feels like maybe
Fmthings will be all right
DbBaby, Baby, your love's made Db/Bme
Fm7/BbFree as a song Bb7singin' forever
[Chorus]
EbOnly yesterday when I was Fm7sad
And I was Bb7lonely
EbYou showed me the way to leave the Fm7past
And all its Bbtears behind mGe
Cm   C7sus4- C7  
Tomorrow may be even brighter than today
Since FmI threw my sBbadness aAb/Ebway
Only yesterEbday
EbI have found my home here in your Fm7/Ebarms
Bb7/EbNowhere else on earth
I'd really Ebrather be Bb/D  Cm  
Life waits for F7/Aus share it with Bbme
The EbM7/Gbest is about to Abbe
And F/ASo much is left for us Bbto see
[Bridge]
DbBaby, Baby Feels like maybe
Fmthings will be all right
DbBaby, Baby, your love's made Db/Bme
Fm7/BbFree as a song Bb7singin' forever
[Chorus]
EbOnly yesterday when I was Fm7sad
And I was Bb7lonely
EbYou showed me the way to leave the Fm7past
And all its Bbtears behind mGe
Cm   C7sus4- C7  
Tomorrow may be even brighter than today
Since FmI threw my sBbadness aAb/Ebway
Eb- B7  
Only yesterday
[Chorus] (A semitone up)
EOnly yesterday when I was F#m7sad
And I was B7lonely
EYou showed me the way to leave the F#m7past
And all its B7tears behind me G#  
C#m   C#7sus4- C#7  
Tomorrow may be even brighter than today
Since I F#m7threw my B7sadness aA/Eway
Only ByesterdEay
(Repeat while fading)
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