The Ballad Of John & Yoko

THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO
By Lennon & McCartney
The Beatles
Key: E

-4    -4  -4 -4   -4  -3  3*   -4  -4
Stand-ing in the dock at South-amp-ton,
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Try’ng to get to Hol-land or France.
5*  -5  -5 -5  -5  -55*
The man in the mac said, 
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"You've got to go back".
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You know they did-n't ev-en 
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give us a chance.
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Christ you know it ain't eas-y,
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You know how hard it can be.
-4  -5    -5   -4  -5 -4
The way things are go-ing
-4       4* -4  6   2 3-2* 2
They're gon-na cru-ci-fy  me.

Finally made the plane into Paris,
Honey mooning down by the Seine.
Peter Brown called to say,
"You can make it O.K.,
You can get married in Gibraltar, near Spain".
Christ you know it ain't easy,
You know how hard it can be.
The way things are going
They're gon-na crucify me.

Drove from Paris to the Amsterdam Hilton,
Talking in our beds for a week.
The newspapers said, "Say what you doing in bed?"
I said, "We're only trying to get us some peace".
Christ you know it ain't easy,
You know how hard it can be.
The way things are going
They're gon-na crucify me.

-3  -3  -3  -3  -3  -3 -3  3  -3  3 -3
Sav-ing up your mon-ey for a rain-y day,
-3  -3  -3    3    -3    3   -3  3 2
Giv-ing all your clothes to char-i-ty.
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Last night the wife said,
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"Oh boy, when you're dead
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You don't take noth-ing with you
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But your soul - think!"

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Made a light-ning trip to Vi-en-na,
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Eat-ing choc’late cake in a bag.
4*   -5  -5  -5  -5-55*
The news-pap-ers said, 
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"She's gone to his head,
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They look just like two gu-rus in drag".

6       5*  6   5*  -4   5* -3
Christ you know it ain't eas-y,
-4   4*  -4   4*  -4  4* 62
You know how hard it can be.
-4  -5    -5   -4  -5 -4
The way things are go-ing
-4       4* -4  6   2 3-2* 2
They're gon-na cru-ci-fy  me.


Caught an early plane back to London.
Fifty acorns tied in a sack.
The men from the press said, 
"We wish you success,
It's good to have the both of you back".

6       5*  6   5*  -4   5* -3
Christ you know it ain't eas-y,
-4   4*  -4   4*  -4  4* 62
You know how hard it can be.
-4  -5    -5   -4  -5 -4
The way things are go-ing
-4       4* -4  6   2 3-2* 2
They're gon-na cru-ci-fy  me.
-4       4* -4  6   2 3-2* 2
They're gon-na cru-ci-fy  me.