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The Ballad of John & Yoko
John Lennon

(bass riff) A# and A#7 D# ------------ -------------------------------------- ------------ -------2-4-2-------------------------- -------2-4-2 -0---4-------------------------------- 0---4------- -------------------------------------- A# Standing in the dock at Southampton, trying to get to Holland Or France A#7 The Man In the Mac said, 'You gotta go back' A#7 You know they didn't even give us a chance D# A# Christ You know it ain't easy you know how hard it can be F7 A# The way things are going ...they're gonna crucify me. A# Finally made the plane into paris, honeymooning down by the seine A#7 Peter Brown called to say, you can make it ok A#7 You can get married in Gibraltar near spain .. D# A# Christ You know it ain't easy you know how hard it can be F7 A# The way things are going ...they're gonna crucify me. A# Drove from paris to the amsterdam hilton, talking in our beds for a week A#7 The newspapers said 'What're you doing in bed' A#7 I said we're only trying to get us some peace ... D# A# Christ You know it ain't easy you know how hard it can be F7 A# The way things are going ...they're gonna crucify me. D# Saving all your money for a rainy day D# Giving all your clothes to charity F7 Last night the wife said, oh boy when you're dead F You don't take nothing with you but your soul A# Think! A# Made a lightning trip to Vienna A#7 Eating chocolate cake in a bag A#7 The newspapers said, "She's gone to his head D# A# They look just like two gurus in drag" D# A# Christ You know it ain't easy you know how hard it can be F7 A# The way things are going ...they're gonna crucify me. A# Caught the early plane back to London A#7 Fifty acorns tied in a sack A#7 The men from the press say "We wish you success D# A# It's good to have the both of you back" D# A# Christ You know it ain't easy you know how hard it can be F7 A# The way things are going ...they're gonna crucify me.