beatles tab://the ballad of john & yoko

SONG: The Ballad Of John & Yoko
ARTIST: The Beatles
ALBUM: The Ballad Of John & Yoko (Single)
BASSIST: Paul McCartney
TUNING: Standard (EADG)
TABBER: A. Scheide

[ ] = repeat what is in the brackets
. = staccato

INTRO
[G|--------------|]
[D|--------------|]
[A|--------2-4-2-|]
[E|-0---4--------|]x2

VERSE - "Standing in the dock at Southampton..."
[G|--------------|]
[D|--------------|]
[A|--------2-4-2-|]
[E|-0---4--------|]x8

CHORUS = "Christ, you know it ain't easy..."
[G|--------------|] - |---------------------------|
[D|--------2-4-2-|] - |---------------------------|
[A|-0---4--------|] - |--------2-4-2--------2-4-0-|
[E|--------------|]x2 |-0---4--------0---4--------|

[G|----------1---|] – [|--------------|]
[D|-----1--4---4-|] – [|--------------|]
[A|-2------------|] – [|--------2-4-2-|]
[E|--------------|]x2 [|-0---4--------|]x2

VERSE - "Finally made the plane into Paris..."

CHORUS - "Christ, you know it ain't easy..."

VERSE - "Drove from Paris to the Amsterdam Hilton..."

CHORUS - "Christ, you know it ain't easy..."

BRIDGE – “Saving up your money...”
[G|--------------|] - |----------1-----------|
[D|--------2-4-2-|] - |-----1--4---4----1-4.-|
[A|-0---4--------|] - |-2------------2-------|
[E|--------------|]x6 |----------------------|

VERSE - "Made a lightning trip to Vienna..."

CHORUS - "Christ, you know it ain't easy..."

VERSE - "Caught an early plane back to London..."

CHORUS - "Christ, you know it ain't easy..."
[G|--------------|] - |---------------------------|
[D|--------2-4-2-|] - |---------------------------|
[A|-0---4--------|] - |--------2-4-2--------2-4-0-|
[E|--------------|]x2 |-0---4--------0---4--------|

[G|----------1---|] – |---------------------------|
[D|-----1--4---4-|] – |---------------------------|
[A|-2------------|] – |--------2-4-2--------2-3-4-|
[E|--------------|]x2 |-0---4--------0---4--------|

“The way things are going...”
[G|----------1---|] – |------------------|
[D|-----1--4---4-|] – |------------------|
[A|-2------------|] – |--------2-4-2-----|
[E|--------------|]x2 |-0---4--------0—4-|

END
[G|----------|] - |---------------|
[D|----4-4---|] - |-2-------------|
[A|-2--------|] - |----4-2--------|
[E|--------2-|]x2 |--------4-2-0>-|