Something happened to me yesterday    (intro)

 

      G                                                    D

1. Something happened to me yesterday,

      C                                                  G

    something I can't speak of right away.

      C              Em           Am        D                            D7

    Something happened to me, something, oh, so groovy,

      C               D             C         D       G

    something happened to me yesterday.

 

     C                                                       G

    He don't know if it's right or wrong, maybe he should tell someone,

     C                                             G

    he's not sure just what it was, or if it's against the law.

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    Something !         + G - C - G - D - G

 

      G                                                     D

2. Something very strange I hear you say,

               C                                        G

    you're talking in a most peculiar way.

            C              Em       Am          D                            D7

    But something really threw me, something, oh, so groovy,

      C               D            C         D        G

    something happened to me yesterday.

 

      C                                                     G

    He don't know just where it's gone, he don't really care at all,

     C                                             G

    no one's sure just what it was, or the meaning and the cause.

       D - - - - -

    Something !        + G - C - G - D - G

 

3. instrumental = verse 2 lines 1 to 4

 

     C                                                       G

    He don't know if it's right or wrong, maybe he should tell someone,

     C                                             G

    he's not sure just what it was, or if it's against the law.

      D - - - - -

    Something !     + G - C - G - D - G

 

      G                                                                D

4. Someone says there's something more to pay,

          C                                               G

    for sins that you committed yesterday.

 

 

 

 

 

            C     Em      Am             D                          D7

    It's really rather drippy, but something, oh, so trippy,

      C               D             C         D       G

    something happened to me yesterday.

 

     C                                                     G

    He don't know just where it's gone, he don't really care at all,

     C                                              G

    no one's sure just what it was, or the meaning and the cause.

       D - - - - -

    Something !       +  G - C - G - D - G

 

      G                                                      D

5. Someone's singing loud across the bay,

     C                                     G

    sittin on a mat about to pray.

     C    Em       Am            D                            D7

    Isn't half as looney as something, oh, so groovy,

      C               D             C         D       G

    something happened to me yesterday.

 

     C                                                       G

    He don't know if it's right or wrong, maybe he should tell someone,

     C                                             G

    he's not sure just what it was, or if it's against the law.

      D - - - - - -

    Something !        + G - C - G - D - G  ....

 

    (The Rolling Stones)