The Ballad of John and Yoko by The Beatles guitar & bass cover

“The Ballad of John and Yoko” is a song released by The Beatles as a single in May 1969. Primarily written by John Lennon, the song was attributed, as was the custom, to the Lennon/McCartney songwriting team.

It chronicled the events surrounding Lennon’s marriage to Yoko Ono and their subsequent activities together, including their famous first Bed-In in the Amsterdam Hilton, and demonstration of bagism.

It was released while the couple were in the middle of their second Bed-In at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.

The Ballad of John and Yoko Standing in the dock at Southampton, Trying to get to Holland or France. The man in the mac said, “You’ve got to go back”. You know they didn’t even give us a chance. Christ you know it ain’t easy, You know how hard it can be. The way things are going They’re gonna crucify me. Finally made the plane into Paris, Honey mooning down by the Seine. Peter Brown called to say, “You can make it OK, 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 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 going They’re gonna crucify me. Saving up your money for a rainy day, Giving all your clothes to charity. Last night the wife said, “Oh boy …