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SONG LYRICS
GIVE PEACE A CHANCE
Recorded live on June 1,1969 in John
and Yoko's hotel room in Montreal, Canada, during a bed-in for peace.
Lead Vocal
and Guitar: John Lennon;
Rhythm Guitar and Backing Vocal: Tommy Smothers; Percussion
and
Backing Vocals:
Yoko Ono, Petula Clark, Timothy Leary, Alan Ginsberg, Dick Gregory, Derek Taylor, Murray the K,
along with several other friends.
GIVE PEACE A CHANCE
(Lennon & McCartney)
A one two, one two three four
Ev'rybody's talking about
Bagism, Fagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, Tagism
This-ism, that-ism, is-m, is-m, is-m.
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
It's going great!
Yeah, C'mon
Ev'rybody's talking about Ministers,
Sinisters, banisters and canisters
Bishops and fishops and rabbis and pop eyes,
And bye bye, bye byes.
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
Let me tell you now
Ev'rybody's talking about
Revolution, evolution, masturbation,
flagellation, regulation, integrations, meditations, United Nations,
Congratulations.
All we are saying - keep talking - is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
Oh let's stick to it
Ev'rybody's talking about
John and Yoko, Timmy Leary, Rosemary,
Tommy Smothers, Bobby Dylan, Tommy Cooper,
Derek Taylor, Norman Mailer,
Alan Ginsberg, Hare Krishna,
Hare, Hare Krishna
All we are saying is give peace a chance, Come on,
come on
All we are saying is give peace a chance
Lets hear it for the hippies and the Yippies
Evertbody now, come on
All we are saying is give peace
All we are
saying - You won't get it
unless you want it and we want it now
- is give peace a chance
All we are saying - come together -
is give peace a
chance - come together - all together
All we are saying is give
peace
All we are saying is give peace
We can get it tomorrow - today, or if you want it now, say it it now
All we are saying is give peace
Okay beautiful, yeah....