only yesterday
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C Dm C Eb
When I hold you Baby, Baby
Gm
Feels like maybe things will be all right
Eb
Baby, Baby, your love's made me
C4 C7
Free as a song singin' forever
F Gm7
Only yesterday when I was sad
C7
And I was lonely
F Gm7
You showed me the way to leave the past
C7 A
And all its tears behind me
Dm D7(4) D7
Tomorrow may be even brighter than today
Gm7 C7 Bb/F
Since I threw my sadness away
F
Only yesterday
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F G7/F
I have found my home here in your arms
Gm6/F F4 F C/E Dm7
Nowhere else on earth I'd really rather be
G7/B C
Life waits for us share it with me
Am Bb
The best is about to be
G C4
So much is left for us to see
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C#7 F# Abm7
Only yesterday when I was sad
C#7
And I was lonely
F# Abm7
You showed me the way to elave the past
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