THE CARPENTERS
Only yesterday
Tom: Eb
Eb                          Fm7/Eb
After long enough of being alone
Bb/Eb                             Eb           Bb/D   Cm7
Everyone must face their share of loneliness
          F7/A        Bb
In my own time nobody knew
    Gm               Ab
The pain I was goin' through
    Fm7                Bb4         Bb    Bb7
And waitin' was all my heart could do
Eb                           F7/Eb
Hope was all I had until you came
Fm6/Eb                           Eb4     Eb   Bb/D   Cm7
Maybe you can't see how much you mean to me
             F7/A              Bb
You were the dawn breaking the night
    Gm                 Ab
The promise of morning light
F                   Bb4
Filing the world surrounding me
Refrão:
Bb     Cm   Bb  Db
When I hold you Baby, Baby
                 Fm
Feels like maybe things will be all right
Db
Baby, Baby, your love's made me
Bb4            Bb7
Free as a song singin' forever
Eb                        Fm7
Only yesterday when I was sad
          Bb7
And I was lonely
Eb                                 Fm7
You showed me the way to leave the past
            Bb7              G
And all its tears behind me
                     Cm                 C7/4   C7
Tomorrow may be even brighter than today
      Fm7        Bb7      Ab/Eb
Since I threw my sadness away
           Eb
Only yesterday
Eb                                F7/Eb
I have found my home here in your arms
Fm6/Eb                           Eb4    Eb   Bb/D   Cm7
Nowhere else on earth I'd really rather be
               F7/A             Bb
Life waits for us share it with me
    Gm               Ab
The best is about to be
F                   Bb4
So much is left for us to see
Refrão
B7
E                         F#m7
Only yesterday when I was sad
          B7
And I was lonely
E                                  F#m7
You showed me the way to elave the past
            B7               G#
And all its tears behind me
                     C#m                C#7/4   C#7
Tomorrow may be even brighter than today
      F#m7       B7       A/E
Since I threw my sadness away
     B     E
Only yesterday
A Song For You
Tom: C#m
  C#m                     G#7                                             
I've been so many places in my life and time
  E                       A#m7-5           
I've sung a lot of songs I've made some bad rhyme
       A                   G#m7                                          
I've acted out my life in stages
      F#m7                 G#m7                                             
With ten thousand people watching
 F#m7            G#m7                 A               E    G#7                   
But we're alone now and I'm singing this song for you
 C#m7                  G#7                                                 
I know your image of me is what I hope to be
E                      A#m7                                              
I treated you unkindly but darlin' can't you see
        A                       G#m7                                     
There's no one more important to me
 F#m7                         G#m7                                          
Baby, can't you please see through me
 F#m7              G#m7                 A               E     G#7                
Cause we're alone now and I'm singing this song for you
C#m7                     G#7             E              A#m7-5                    
You taught me precious secrets of the truth withholding nothing
 A                B6              E                                    
You came out in front and I was hiding
G#m7  C#m             G#7              E                 A#m7-5                      
But now I'm so much better and if my words don't come together
A               G#m           F#m               B7                           
Listen to the melody cause my love's in there hiding
  C#m                  G#7   
I love you in a place where there's no space or time
  E                       A#m7-5
I love you for in my life you are a friend of mine
       A           G#m7
And when my life is over
  F#m7                 G#m7
Remember when we were together
 F#m7         G#m7                    A           E    G#7
We were alone and I was singing this song for you
C#m7                     G#7             E              A#m7-5                    
You taught me precious secrets of the truth withholding nothing
 A                B6              E                                    
You came out in front and I was hiding
G#m7  C#m             G#7              E                 A#m7-5                      
But now I'm so much better and if my words don't come together
A               G#m           F#m               B7                           
Listen to the melody cause my love's in there hiding
F#m7          G#m7               A             E                              
We were alone and I was singing this song for you
F#m7           G#m7              D                       C        C#7  Emaj7          
We were alone and I was singing this song, singing this song for you

 

(They Long To Be) Close To You
Tom: Ab
        Ab             G7sus4                           
Why do birds suddenly appear
G7     Gm7          Cm7    
Every time you are near?
 Ab                           
Just like me, they long to be
 Eb6       Ebmaj7 
Close to you.
(Tacit)  Ab     G7sus4 
Why do stars fall down from the sky
G7     Gm7          Cm7 
Every time you walk by?
 Ab         
Just like me, they long to be
 Eb6        Ebmaj7    Eb6    Eb7
Close to you.
 Ab                             
On the day that you were born
                            
The angels got together
      Gm                           C9sus4     C9 
And decided to create a dream come true
C7        Ab              
So they sprinkled moon dust in your hair 
    Abmaj7            Ab6             Bb     (Tacit)              
Of gold and starlight in your eyes of blue.
        Ab                    G7sus4
That is why all the girls in town
G7      Gm7        Cm7  
Follow you all around
 Ab              
Just like me, they long to be
 Eb6      Ebmaj7    Eb6     Ebmaj7
Close to you.
 Ab              
On the day that you were born
                      
The angels got together
      Gm                           C9sus4     C9
And decided to create a dream come true
C7        Ab     
So they sprinkled moon dust in your hair
    Abmaj7            Ab6             Bb     (Tacit)
Of gold and starlight in your eyes of blue.
        Ab                    G7sus4 
That is why all the girls in town
G7      Gm7        Cm7
Follow you all around
 Ab                
Just like me, they long to be
 Eb6      Ebmaj7    Eb6     Ebmaj7 
Close to you.
 Ab   
Just like me, they long to be
 Eb6      Ebmaj7    Eb6     Ebmaj7 
Close to you.