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The Ballad of John & Yoko
John Lennon

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