The Ballad of John & Yoko

John Lennon

Tom: E

(bass riff)

E and E7      A

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E
Standing in the dock at Southampton, trying to get to Holland Or France
    E7
The Man In the Mac said, 'You gotta go back'
                   E7
You know they didn't even give us a chance
                 A                              E
Christ You know it ain't easy you know how hard it can be
                   B7                            E
The way things are going ...they're gonna crucify me.

E
Finally made the plane into paris, honeymooning down by the seine
    E7
Peter Brown called to say, you can make it ok
                            E7
You can get married in Gibraltar near spain ..
                 A                              E
Christ You know it ain't easy you know how hard it can be
                   B7                            E
The way things are going ...they're gonna crucify me.

E
Drove from paris to the amsterdam hilton, talking in our beds for a week
    E7
The newspapers said 'What're you doing in bed'
                            E7
I said we're only trying to get us some peace ...
                 A                              E
Christ You know it ain't easy you know how hard it can be
                   B7                            E
The way things are going ...they're gonna crucify me.

A
Saving all your money for a rainy day
                                A
Giving all your clothes to charity
B7
Last night the wife said, oh boy when you're dead
                                     B
You don't take nothing with you but your soul
E
Think!

E
Made a lightning trip to Vienna
    E7
Eating chocolate cake in a bag
                            E7
The newspapers said, "She's gone to his head
                 A                              E
They look just like two gurus in drag"
                 A                              E
Christ You know it ain't easy you know how hard it can be
                   B7                            E
The way things are going ...they're gonna crucify me.

E
Caught the early plane back to London
    E7
Fifty acorns tied in a sack
                            E7
The men from the press say "We wish you success
                 A                              E
It's good to have the both of you back"
                 A                              E
Christ You know it ain't easy you know how hard it can be
                   B7                            E
The way things are going ...they're gonna crucify me.