{commedia}mp3/beatles-the/the-ballad-of-john-and-yoko.mp3{/commedia} CStanding in the dock at Southampton,Trying to get to Holland or France.       C7The man in the mack said, "You've got to go back",You know they didn't even give us a chance                                      FChrist you know it ain't easy,                                             CYou know how hard it can be.                              G7The way things are going                                  CThey're gonna crucify me. Finally made the plane into Paris,Honeymooning 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 goingThey're gonna crucify me. Drove from Paris to the Amsterdam Hilton,Talking in our beds for a week.The newspaper 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 goingThey're gonna crucify me. FSaving up your money for a rainy day,Giving all your clothes to charity.Last night the wife said,"Poor boy, when you're dead       G7You don't take nothing with youBut your soul - think!" Made a lightning trip to Vienna,eating chocolate cake in a bag.The newspaper said, "She's gone to his head,They look just like two gurus in drag". Christ you know it ain't easy,You know how hard it can be.The way things are goingThey're gonna crucify me. Caught the 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". Christ you know it ain't easy,You know how hard it can be.The way things are goingThey're gonna crucify me.                             G7The way things are going                                  CThey're gonna crucify me.