C/g     : Open C-chord with the pink on the 3rd Fret of the 1st E-string.
C9      : Open C-chord with the pink on the 3rd Fret of the 2nd B-string.
|      |: Measure of 4-counts with Chord(s).
/       : Break
       |   C Bm7 Am7|G     |D   Dsus2 D|G     |D   Am7 D7
  |G             |G7               |C           Csus4 C|Csus4 C
IT WASN'T  REALLY SAD  THE WAY THEY SAID GOODBYE.
  |D              |D7              |G           |D  Dsus2 D
OR MAYBE  IT JUST  HURT SO BAD  SHE COULDN'T CRY.
  |G                        |G7               |C         |C  Bm7
HE PACKED HIS THINGS  WALKED OUT THE DOOR  AND DROVE AWAY.
Am7|G              |D                |G     |D  Am7 D7
AND SHE BECAME  THE GIRL  FROM YESTER-DAY.
  |G              |G7                    |C           Csus4 C|Csus4 C
HE TOOK A PLANE  A-CROSS THE SEA  TO SOME FOREIGN LAND.
   |D                  |D7               |G         |D  Dsus2 D
SHE STAYED AT HOME  AND TRIED SO HARD  TO UNDERSTAND.
   |G               |G7                  |C            |C   Bm7
HOW SOMEONE WHO  HAD BEEN SO CLOSE  COULD BE SO  FAR  A-WAY.
Am7|G              |D                |G     |G  D Am7
AND SHE BECAME  THE GIRL  FROM YESTER-DAY.
   |D                    |D          |C        C9          |G
SHE DOESN'T  KNOW  WHAT'S RIGHT,  SHE DOESN'T  KNOW  WHAT’S WRONG.
   |G     D         |Em7        G          |C                |D
SHE ONLY  KNOWS  THE PAIN  THAT COMES  FROM WAITING  FOR  SO  LONG.
       |C       C/g      |G                    |C            C/g   |G
AND SHE DOESN'T COUNT THE TEARDROPS, THAT SHE'S CRIED  WHILE HE'S A-WAY.
  |Em        D         |C      G
BE-CAUSE SHE KNOWS DEEP IN HER HEART,
    |Am7           A7  |Dsus4     |D      |
THAT HE'LL BE BACK SOME-DAY.
      |G     |G7        |C     |C  Bm7 Am7|
      |G     |D  Dsus2 D|G     |E  Bm7 E7 |
   |A                 |A7           |D                   |D     |
THE LIGHT'S ON IN  THE WINDOW, SHE'S WAITING BY THE PHONE.
E             |E7            |A            |Esus4  E  |
TALKING TO  A  MEMORY, THAT'S NEVER  COMING HOME.
   |A                |A7
SHE DREAMS OF  HIS RE-TURNING,
       |D                   |D  C#m7
AND THE THINGS THAT HE MIGHT SAY.
Bm7       |A             |E                |A     |Bm7
BUT SHE’LL ALWAYS BE  THE GIRL  FROM YESTER-DAY.
           |A             |E                |D   C#m7  Bm7  |A