# Yesterday – The Beatles: piano chords

Yesterday by The Beatles uses 10 chords in E major; difficulty on the piano: medium.

## Chords in the song

[E](https://pianokitty.com/c/Emaj), [D#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dsharpmaj), [C#m](https://pianokitty.com/c/Csharpm), [A](https://pianokitty.com/c/Amaj), [B](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bmaj), [C#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Csharpmaj), [F#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fsharpmaj), [G#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gsharpmaj), [Bm](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bm), [D#m](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dsharpm)

## Chord sheet

- Verse 1: E D# C#m A B E C#m A E
- Verse 2: D# C#m A B E C# F# A E
- Chorus 1: G# C#m Bm A B E G# C#m A B E
- Verse 3: D#m G# C#m A B E C#m F# A E
- Chorus 2: G# C#m Bm A B E G# C#m Bm A B E
- Verse 4: D#m G# C#m A B E C#m F# A E
- Outro 1: C#m F# A E

## Questions

### Which chords does Yesterday by The Beatles use?

Different chords: 10. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is Yesterday by The Beatles in?

The chords fit E major. This is estimated from the chords, so the recording may be in another key.

### How hard is Yesterday to play on the piano?

Difficulty: medium. The rating counts the different chords (10), 7th and extended chords, and chords with another bass note.

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Chord data: [Chordonomicon](https://huggingface.co/datasets/ailsntua/Chordonomicon), [CC BY-NC 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Chords are transcriptions and can differ from the recording.

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