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The Ballad of John & Yoko
John Lennon

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