The Ballad of John & Yoko (midi)

        D

1. Standin' in the dock at Southampton,

    tryin' to get to Holland or France.

             D7

    The man in the mac said, you've got to go back,

    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,

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the way things are going,       they're gonna crucify me.

      D

2. Finally made the plane into Paris,

    honeymoonin' down by the Seine.

                 D7

    Peter Brown called to say, you can make it O.K.,

    you can get married in Gibraltar near Spain.  + CHORUS

                         D

3. Drove from Paris to the Amsterdam Hilton,

    talking in our beds for a week.

           D7

    the newapapers said, say what you're doing in bed,

    I said, we're only tryin' to get us some peace.   + CHORUS

      G

    Savin' up your money for a rainy day,

    givin'  all your clothes to charity.

    Last night the wife said, oh boy, when you're dead,

             A

    you don't take nothing with you but your soul-thing.

       D

4. Made a lightning trip to Vienna,

    eating chocolate cake in a bag.

             D7

    The newspapers said, she's gone to his head,

    they look just like two gurus in drag.   + CHORUS

       D

5. Caught the early plane back to London,

    fifty acorns tied in a sack.

             D7

    The men from the press said, we wish you success,

    it's good to have the both of you back.   + CHORUS

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+ The way things are goin',       they're gonna crucify me.

(capo 2nd)             

    (John Lennon)