Lyrics for Give Peace a Chance as interpreted by kevin

Give Peace a Chance Lyrics
Give Peace A Chance
John Lennon And The Plastic Ono Band

Two, one two three four
Ev'rybody's talking about
Bagism, 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

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.

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
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"Give Peace A Chance [*]" as written by John Lennon
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theprynce
05-03-2002

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This song inspired my screenname... Give Jesus Pants :-D ! Great song too... it's about how all of the things people talk about are all gravy and everything, but the only thing we want is for the world to give peace a chance! LOVE THIS SONG! heh

-The Prynce

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laun39
09-25-2002

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i think peace should be given a chance..but thats just my opinion


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AmyBth2005
03-23-2003

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i like this song a lot. john lennon is my absolute favorite beatle. my dad always said i was born in the wrong time era, well that is definitely true because the first time i heard this song when i was in the 3rd grade i immediately loved the beat and this song has been one of my favorites ever since.

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punkintended
06-27-2003

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Great song with a powerful and meaningful message of peace.

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matty_keating
04-21-2004

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lennon is awesome, best beatle hands down.
and laun39- I think there are plenty of people who share your opinion, but not enough people are willing to do anything for it

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matty_keating
04-21-2004

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...and when someone is willing to give their life and reputation he is dismissed as idealistic and ignorant- which is ironically only the case for as long as the majority of people take that stance

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Lola9384
12-07-2004

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Who is the Rosemary in this song?

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easywitheyesclosed
01-06-2005

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anyone know what hes saying when he does some shoutting toward the end of the song?

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SirKindHeart
01-09-2005

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great song. give peace a chance, really. its....so simple yet so good lol. catchy lil song aint it.

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TeddyB
05-06-2005

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Give Peace A Chance.

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Herenion
06-04-2005

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I love this song.

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LennonGenius!
06-05-2005

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Yes Matty, it is good that poeple sarifice their lives for the betterment of humanity and mankind. And Lennon was defintely a martry of the human race.

This song is simply against anything that doesn't have to do with peace and serenity, where poeple live and let live. I think someone should jam this in front of the white house, maybe Bush will understand how wrong he is, being war president in all.

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green_day_baby
01-01-2006

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Hey, thats a good idea but he'd probably be too stupid to get it anyway.

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tommyg
01-01-2006

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Bush and his ilk think you have to have war to have peace. Hasn't worked out too well, though.

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tigersroamfree
01-11-2006

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this song is so cool =)

it should be sung at protests more often!

when was it made?

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tehshackelford
07-23-2006

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Lennon > Everyone

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music*lover-
10-05-2006

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Who else helped make/sing in this song

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yoach
10-16-2006

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John wrote the song himself, he and Tommy Smothers played guitar, and besides John I think the people singing were a bunch of people who were there, including Yoko.

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dood
01-09-2007

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I'm sure it's just me, but there's something very Jonestown and Kool Aid-ish about this song. Maybe it just reminds me of the 70's.

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MrDorianGray
01-27-2007

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John wrote this song after falling in love with one of his own comments during a media interview, "All we're saying is give peace a chance."

So, at he and Yoko's 'Bed-In For Peace' during a stay in peaceful Canada, John, a few close friends, and many loving crowd people recorded the song on a simple recorder Lennon had picked up down the street.

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subterranean_summer
02-03-2007

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such a crazy beat with equally crazy rhyming lyrics. it's so addictive. a good way to spread peace. give it a chance! thank you lennon!

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Shotrocks
02-06-2007

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Rosemary Sarah Woodruff Leary is who he's referring to when he starts naming names

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stevie-rock
05-24-2007

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I absolutly love this song. and i agree it has very powerful yet simple message. GIVE PEACE A CHANCE. people dont realise how much war is ruining the world. i wonder if the world would be different if he was still alive...oh and at the end im pretty sure he says "alright beautiful..yay..we made it"

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akaflowerchild
08-03-2007

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Lennon > Leonidus

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xplicit69
10-04-2007

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John Lennon is saying there's all these religions causing war and terror, why not try Peace for a change? Great message

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