Yesterdays

Compact, dense form under a simple but haunting melody

Composed by Jerome Kern
Year 1933
Length 16 bars
Time 4/4
Style Swing
Common Key D-

Chords

Chord chart for the jazz standard Yesterdays

Lyrics

Yesterdays
Yesterdays
Days I knew as happy sweet
Sequestered days
Olden days
Golden days
Days of mad romance and love

Then gay youth was mine
Truth was mine
Joyous free in flame and life
Then sooth was mine
Sad am I
Glad am I
For today I'm dreamin' of
Yesterdays

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