The Ballad Of John And Yoko chords by The Beatles

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: E MajorE

♫ Intro:
  E MajorE
e|-----------------|
BB|-----------------|
G+G|-----------------|
D MajorD|-----------------|
A augmentedA|--------2--4--2--|2x
E MajorE|--0--4-----------|


♫ Verse:

E MajorE
Standing in the dock at Southampton
E MajorE
Trying to get to Holland or France
  E7E7
The man in the mac said
E7E7
"You gotta go back"
E7E7
You know they didnt even give us a chance

♫ Chorus:
E7E7            A augmentedA
Christ, you know it ain't easy
e|--------------|
BB|--5--4--3--2--|
G+G|--6--5--4--2--|
D MajorD|-----------2--|
A augmentedA|-----------0--|
E MajorE|--------------|
A augmentedA             E MajorE
You know how hard it can be

e|--------------|
BB|--------------|
G+G|--4--3--2--1--|
D MajorD|--6--5--4--2--|
A augmentedA|-----------2--|
E MajorE|-----------0--|
E MajorE          B7B7
The way things are going
e|--------------|
BB|--------------|
G+G|--8--7--6--4--|
D MajorD|--9--8--7--6--|
A augmentedA|--------------|
E MajorE|--------------|
B7B7          E MajorE
They're gonna crucify me.
e|-----------------|
BB|-----------------|
G+G|--4--4--3--2--1--|
D MajorD|--6--6--5--4--2--|
A augmentedA|--------------2--|
E MajorE|--------------0--|

♫ Verse:
E MajorE
Finally made the plane into Paris
E MajorE
Honeymooning down by the Seine
   E7E7
Peter Brown called to say,
E7E7
"You can make it okay"
E7E7
"You can get married in Gibraltar near Spain!"

♫ Chorus:
E7E7            A augmentedA
Christ, you know it ain't easy
e|--------------|
BB|--5--4--3--2--|
G+G|--6--5--4--2--|
D MajorD|-----------2--|
A augmentedA|-----------0--|
E MajorE|--------------|
A augmentedA             E MajorE
You know how hard it can be
e|--------------|
BB|--------------|
G+G|--4--3--2--1--|
D MajorD|--6--5--4--2--|
A augmentedA|-----------2--|
E MajorE|-----------0--|
E MajorE          B7B7
The way things are going
e|--------------|
BB|--------------|
G+G|--8--7--6--4--|
D MajorD|--9--8--7--6--|
A augmentedA|--------------|
E MajorE|--------------|
B7B7          E MajorE
They're gonna crucify me.
e|--------------|
BB|--------------|
G+G|--4--3--2--1--|
D MajorD|--6--5--4--2--|
A augmentedA|-----------2--|
E MajorE|-----------0--|

♫ Verse:
E MajorE
Drove from Paris to the Amsterdam Hilton
 E MajorE
Talking in our beds for a week
  E7E7
The newspapers said,

"Say, what you doing in bed?"
E7E7
I said, "We're only trying to get us some peace!"

♫ Chorus:
E7E7            A augmentedA
Christ, you know it ain't easy
e|--------------|
BB|--5--4--3--2--|
G+G|--6--5--4--2--|
D MajorD|-----------2--|
A augmentedA|-----------0--|
E MajorE|--------------|
A augmentedA             E MajorE
You know how hard it can be

e|--------------|
BB|--------------|
G+G|--4--3--2--1--|
D MajorD|--6--5--4--2--|
A augmentedA|-----------2--|
E MajorE|-----------0--|
E MajorE          B7B7
The way things are going
e|--------------|
BB|--------------|
G+G|--8--7--6--4--|
D MajorD|--9--8--7--6--|
A augmentedA|--------------|
E MajorE|--------------|
B7B7          E MajorE
They're gonna crucify me.
e|--------------|
BB|--------------|
G+G|--4--3--2--1--|
D MajorD|--6--5--4--2--|
A augmentedA|-----------2--|
E MajorE|-----------0--|

♫ Bridge:
A augmentedA
Saving up your money for a rainy day
A augmentedA
Giving all your clothes to charity
A augmentedA
last night the wife said
A augmentedA
Oh boy when you're dead
   B7B7
You don't take nothing with you but your soul
B7B7
Think!

♫ Verse:
E MajorE
Made a lightning trip to Vienna
E MajorE
Eating chocolate cake in a bag
  E7E7
The newspapers said, "She's gone to his head
E7E7
They look just like two gurus in drag!"

♫ Chorus:
E7E7            A augmentedA
Christ, you know it ain't easy
e|--------------|
BB|--5--4--3--2--|
G+G|--6--5--4--2--|
D MajorD|-----------2--|
A augmentedA|-----------0--|
E MajorE|--------------|
A augmentedA             E MajorE
You know how hard it can be
e|--------------|
BB|--------------|
G+G|--1—-2--3--4--|
D MajorD|--2--4--5--6--|
A augmentedA|--2-----------|
E MajorE|--0-----------|
E MajorE          B7B7
The way things are going
e|--------------|
BB|--------------|
G+G|--8--7--6--4--|
D MajorD|--9--8--7--6--|
A augmentedA|--------------|
E MajorE|--------------|
B7B7          E MajorE
They're gonna crucify me.
e|--------------|
BB|--------------|
G+G|--4--3--2--1--|
D MajorD|--6--5--4--2--|
A augmentedA|-----------2--|
E MajorE|-----------0--|

♫ Verse:
E MajorE
Caught the early plane back to London
E MajorE
Fifty acorns tied in a sack
  E7E7
The men from the press say "We wish you success!"
E7E7
"It's good to have the both of you back!"

♫ Chorus:
E7E7            A augmentedA
Christ, you know it ain't easy
e|--------------|
BB|--5--4--3--2--|
G+G|--6--5--4--2--|
D MajorD|-----------2--|
A augmentedA|-----------0--|
E MajorE|--------------|
A augmentedA             E MajorE
You know how hard it can be

e|--------------|
BB|--------------|
G+G|--1—-2--3--4--|
D MajorD|--2--4--5--6--|
A augmentedA|--2-----------|
E MajorE|--0-----------|
E MajorE          B7B7
The way things are going
e|--------------|
BB|--------------|
G+G|--8--7--6--4--|
D MajorD|--9--8--7--6--|
A augmentedA|--------------|
E MajorE|--------------|
B7B7          E MajorE
They're gonna crucify me.
e|--------------|
BB|--------------|
G+G|--4--3--2--1--|
D MajorD|--6--5--4--2--|
A augmentedA|-----------2--|
E MajorE|-----------0--|

♫ Outro:
E MajorE          B7B7
The way things are going
e|--------------|
BB|--------------|
G+G|--8--7--6--4--|
D MajorD|--9--8--7--6--|
A augmentedA|--------------|
E MajorE|--------------|
B7B7          E MajorE
They're gonna crucify me.
e|--------------|
BB|--------------|
G+G|--4--3--2--1--|
D MajorD|--6--5--4--2--|
A augmentedA|-----------2--|
E MajorE|-----------0--|
  B7B7                    E MajorE
E|-------------|---------------------|-----------0-|
BB|-------------|---------------------|-----------0-|
G+G|-------------|-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-4-1-|-----------1-|
D MajorD|-----1-2-4-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-6-2-|-2---------2-|
A augmentedA|-2-4---4-6-7-|-------------------2-|---4-2-----2-|
E MajorE|-------------|-------------------0-|-------4-0-0-|