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The Ballad of John & Yoko
John Lennon

(bass riff) B and B7 E ------------ -------------------------------------- ------------ -------2-4-2-------------------------- -------2-4-2 -0---4-------------------------------- 0---4------- -------------------------------------- B Standing in the dock at Southampton, trying to get to Holland Or France B7 The Man In the Mac said, 'You gotta go back' B7 You know they didn't even give us a chance E B Christ You know it ain't easy you know how hard it can be F#7 B The way things are going ...they're gonna crucify me. B Finally made the plane into paris, honeymooning down by the seine B7 Peter Brown called to say, you can make it ok B7 You can get married in Gibraltar near spain .. E B Christ You know it ain't easy you know how hard it can be F#7 B The way things are going ...they're gonna crucify me. B Drove from paris to the amsterdam hilton, talking in our beds for a week B7 The newspapers said 'What're you doing in bed' B7 I said we're only trying to get us some peace ... E B Christ You know it ain't easy you know how hard it can be F#7 B The way things are going ...they're gonna crucify me. E Saving all your money for a rainy day E Giving all your clothes to charity F#7 Last night the wife said, oh boy when you're dead F# You don't take nothing with you but your soul B Think! B Made a lightning trip to Vienna B7 Eating chocolate cake in a bag B7 The newspapers said, "She's gone to his head E B They look just like two gurus in drag" E B Christ You know it ain't easy you know how hard it can be F#7 B The way things are going ...they're gonna crucify me. B Caught the early plane back to London B7 Fifty acorns tied in a sack B7 The men from the press say "We wish you success E B It's good to have the both of you back" E B Christ You know it ain't easy you know how hard it can be F#7 B The way things are going ...they're gonna crucify me.