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John Lennon : Plastic Ono Band
1970

  1. Mother
  2. Hold On
  3. I Found Out
  4. Working Class Hero
  5. Isolation

  6. Remember
  7. Love
  8. Well, Well, Well
  9. Look At Me
  10. God
  11. My Mummy's Dead

Mother

C
G
C
Mother, you had me, I never had you
F
G
I wanted you, you didn't want me
C
C7
F
So I, I just gotta tell you
C
G
C
Goodbye. Goodbye
C
G
C
Father, you left me, I never left you
F
G
I needed you, you didn't need me
C
C7
F
So I, I just gotta tell you
C
G
C
Goodbye. Goodbye
C
G
C
Children don't do what I have done
F
G
I couldn't walk, I tried to run
C
C7
F
So I, I just gotta tell you
C
G
C
Goodbye. Goodbye
F
C
G
F
C
C7
Momma don't go, Daddy come home... Momma don't go, Daddy come home... Momma don't go, Daddy come home... Momma don't go, Daddy come home... Momma don't go, Daddy come home...

Hold On

Intro
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Verse 1
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"Hold on John , John Hold on" (
F#m
)
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"It's gonna be alright" (
G#m
) (
A
) (
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"You're gonna win the fight"
Verse 2: (same lead)
E
Hold on Yoko , Yoko hold on
F#m
It's gonna be alright
G#m
A
B7
You're gonna make the flight
Middle
F#m
E
When you're by yourself
F#m
E
And there's no one else
F#m
E
You just tell yourself (
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"To hold on" (
F#m
) (
G#m
) (
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) (
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)
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"Cookie"
Verse 3: (same lead)
E
Hold on world , world hold on
F#m
It's gonna be alright
G#m
A
B7
You gonna see the light
Outro
F#m
E
When you're one
F#m
E
Really one
F#m
E
You get things done
F#m
E
Like they've never been done (
E
)
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"So hold on"

I Found Out

I told you before stay away from my door Don't give me that brother brother brother brother The freaks on the phone won't leave me alone So don't give me that brother brother brother brother No!
G
Am
I I found out
G
Am
I I found out
Am
Now that I showed you what I been through Don't take nobody's word what you can do There ain't no Jesus gonna come from the sky
G
Now that I found out I know I can cry I found out... Some of you sitting there with your cock in your hand Don't get you nowhere don't make you a man I heard something 'bout my ma and my pa They didn't want me so they made me your star I found out... Old Hare Krishna got nothing on you Just keep you crazy with nothing to do Keep you occupied with pie in the sky There ain't no guru who can see through your eyes I found out... I've seen through junkies I been through it all I've seen religion from Jesus to Paul Don't let them fool you with dope and cocaine No one can harm you, feel your own pain I I found out I I found this out I I found out Out! Out!

Working Class Hero

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Am
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Am
G
Am
As soon as you're born they make you feel small
Am
G
Am
By giving you no time instead of it all
Am
G
Am
Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all
Am
G
Am
A working class hero is something to be
Am
G
D
Am
A working class hero is something to be They hurt you at home and they hit you at school They hate you if you're clever and they despise a fool Till you're so fucking crazy you can't follow their rules A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be When they've tortured and scared you for twenty odd years Then they expect you to pick a career When you can't really function you're so full of fear A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV And you think you're so clever and classless and free But you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be There's room at the top they are telling you still But first you must learn how to smile as you kill If you want to be like the folks on the hill A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be
Am
G
Am
If you want to be a hero well just follow me
Am
G
D
Am
If you want to be a hero well just follow me

Isolation

D
D/a#
D/b
D7
G
D
D
D/a#
People say we got it made
D/b
D7
Don't they know we're so afraid?
G
D
Isolation We're afraid to be alone Everybody got to have a home Isolation Just a boy and a little girl Trying to change the whole wide world Isolation The world is just a little town Everybody trying to put us down
G
A
G
D
I-I-I-I-I Isolation
D
A
G
A
G
I don't expect you to understand
A
G
A
G
After you've caused so much pain
A
G
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G
But then again, you're not to blame
A
G
A
You're just a human, a victim of the insane
D
D/a#
D/b
D7
G
D
We're afraid of everyone Afraid of the sun Isolation The sun will never disappear But the world may not have many years I-I-I-I-I Isolation

Remember

Remember when you were young? How the hero was never hung Always got away And remember how the man Used to leave you empty handed Always, always let you down So if you ever change your mind About leaving it all behind Remember, remember, today And don't feel sorry The way it's gone And don't you worry 'Bout what you've done Just remember when you were small How people seemed so tall Always had their way And remember Ma and Pa Just wishing for movie stardom Always, always playing a part If you ever feel so sad And the whole world is driving you mad Remember, remember, today And don't you worry 'Bout what you've done And don't feel sorry The way it's gone Just remember when you were young How the hero was never hung Always got away Just remember how the man Used to give you empty handed Always, always let you down

Love

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A7sus4
A7
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A7sus2
A7
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F#m
Love is real
C#
F#m
Real is love
D7
G
Love is feeling
A7sus4
A7
A7sus2
A7
D
Feeling love
F#m
Em7
Love is wanting
A7sus4
A7
A7sus2
A7
D
To be loved
D
F#m
Love is touch
C#7
F#m
Touch is love
D7
G
Love is reaching
A7sus4
A7
A7sus2
A7
D
Reaching love
F#m
Em7
Love is asking
A7sus4
A7
A7sus2
A7
D
To be loved
D
F
Love is you
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D
You and me
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Em
Love is knowing
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D
We can be
D
F#m
Love is free
C#7
F#m
Free is love
D7
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Love is living
A7sus4
A7
A7sus2
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D
Living love
F#m
Em7
Love is needing
A7sus4
A7
A7sus2
A7
D
To be loved

Well, Well, Well

F#m
A
F#m
Well well well, oh well
A
F#m
Well well well, oh well I took my love on out to dinner So she could get a bite to eat She was a-looking so much thinner She looked so beautiful I could eat Well well well, oh well Well well well, oh well I took my love on out to dinner So we could get a bite to eat Because she's looking so much thinner She looked so beautiful I could weep Well well well, oh well Well well well, oh well

Look At Me

Capo:
II
A9 x02000
Em(maj7) 021000
G
/f#
Em
G
/f#
Em
Look at me
A9
Who am I supposed to be?
A9
Who am I supposed to be?
G
/f#
/e
/d
Em
Look at me
A9
Who am I supposed to be?
A9
D
Who am I supposed to be?
C
/b
Am
Look at me
Bm7
Em
Oh my love
Bm7
Em
Oh my love
G
/f#
Em
Here I am
A9
Who am I supposed to do?
A9
Who am I supposed to do?
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/f#
/e
/d
Em
Here I am
A9
What can I do for you?
A9
D
What can I do for you?
C
/b
Am
Here I am
Bm7
Em
Oh my love
Bm7
Em
Em(maj7)
Oh my love
Em7
A7
Please look at me
Em
Em(maj7)
Em7
A9
Oh please look at me, my love
C
/b
Am
Here I am
Bm7
Em
Oh my love
G
/f#
Em
Who am I?
A9
Nobody knows but me
A9
Nobody knows but me
G
/f#
/e
/d
Em
Who am I?
A9
Nobody else can see
A9
D
Just you and me
C
/b
Am
Who are we?
Bm7
Em
Oh my love
Bm7
Em
Oh my love
Bm7
Em
Oh...

God

Em/d 020000
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G#m
Em
Em/d
C
D
G
G/f#
Em
Em/d
C
D
G
God is a concept by which we measure our pain
G/f#
Em
Em/d
C
D
I'll say it again
G
G/f#
Em
Em/d
C
D
G
God is a concept by which we measure our pain yeah
G/f#
C
G
G/f#
Pain yeah
Em
Em/d
C
D
(
Em
) I don't believe in magic I don't believe in I Ching I don't believe in Bible I don't believe in tarot I don't believe in Hitler I don't believe in Jesus I don't believe in Kennedy I don't believe in Buddha I don't believe in mantra I don't believe in gita I don't believe in yoga I don't believe in kings I don't believe in Elvis I don't believe in Zimmerman
Em
Em/d
C
I don't believe in Beatles
G
G/f#
Em
I just believe in me
Em/d
C
D
Yoko and me and that's reality
G
G/f#
Em
Em/d
C
D
D7
The dream is over, what can I say?
G
G/f#
Em
Em/d
C
D
D7
The dream is over, yesterday
C
D
G
G/f#
Em
Em/d
I was the dreamweaver but now I'm reborn
C
D
G
G/f#
Em
Em/d
I was the walrus but now I'm John
C
D
And so, dear friends
G
G/f#
Em
Em/d
You'll just have to carry on
C
G
The dream is over

My Mummy's Dead

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Dadd9/a
D
D/a
My mummy's dead
D
Dadd9/a
D
D/a
I can't get it through my head
D
D/a
D
D/a
Though it's been so many years
D
Dadd9/a
D
D/a
My mummy's dead
D
Dadd9/a
D
D/a
I can't explain
D
Dadd9/a
D
D/a
So much pain
D
Dadd9/a
D
Dadd9/a
I could never show it
D
Dadd9/a
D
D/a
My mummy's dead