Only Yesterday - Carpenters (with keyboard)

Attempting another cover of the Carpenters. ❤️‍🩹💐 Here's "Only Yesterday" (1975), with a few more layers added (oboe, warm pad, double track, etc.). Please enjoy the lovely original here    • Carpenters - Only Yesterday   Capo on fret 1, standard tuning. Likewise, on the keyboard (Yamaha PSS-A50), it is transposed up by a semitone. ______________________________ Lyrics: (verse 1) D G/D After long enough of being alone A/D D Everyone must face their share of loneliness Bm E/G.sh A In my own time, nobody knew D/F.sh G The pain I was going through Em Asus4 A A7 And waiting was all my heart could do (verse 2) D G.sh.dim/D Hope was all I had until you came Gm/D D Maybe you can't see how much you mean to me Bm E/G.sh A You were the dawn breaking the night D/F.sh G The promise of morning light E A Filling the world surrounding me When I hold you (prechorus) C Baby, baby, feels like maybe Em Things will be all right C Baby, baby, your love's made me Asus4 A A7 Free as a song, singing forever (chorus) D Em A Only yesterday when I was sad and I was lonely D Em A You showed me the way to leave the past and all its tears behind me F.sh Bm B7 Tomorrow may be even brighter than today Em A G6 Since I threw my sadness away D Only yesterday (interlude - saxophone solo) (verse 3) D G/D I have found my home here in your arms A/D D Nowhere else on earth I'd really rather be Bm E/G.sh A Life waits for us, share it with me D/F.sh G The best is about to be E A And so much is left for us to see When I hold you (prechorus) Baby, baby, feels like maybe Things will be all right Baby, baby, your love's made me Free as a song, singing forever (chorus) Only yesterday when I was sad and I was lonely You showed me the way to leave the past and all its tears behind me Tomorrow may be even brighter than today Since I threw my sadness away Only yesterday (transpose up 1) Bb Only yesterday (outro) Eb Fm Bb Only yesterday when I was sad and I was lonely Eb Fm Bb You showed me the way to leave the past and all its tears behind me... #onlyyesterday #carpenters #sigmaguitars #yamahakeyboard #acousticguitarcover