Plastic Ono Band
John Lennon
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Album chords and tabs by: maguri ALBUM INFO Released 11 December 1970 Recorded 26 September - 23 October 1970 Studio Abbey Road London Genre Rock folk Length 39:16 Label Apple Producer John Lennon Yoko Ono Phil Spector TRACK LIST 1. Mother 5:34 2. Hold On 1:52 3. I Found Out 3:37 4. Working Class Hero 3:48 5. Isolation 2:51 6. Remember 4:33 7. Love 3:21 8. Well Well Well 5:59 9. Look at Me 2:53 10. God 4:09 11. My Mummy’s Dead 0:49 all tracks written by John Lennon CREDITS John Lennon - vocals acoustic guitar electric guitar piano organ (5) tack piano (10) Ringo Starr - drums Klaus Voormann - bass guitar Phil Spector - piano (7) Billy Preston - grand piano (10) Yoko Ono - "wind" Mal Evans - "tea and sympathy" --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Mother - John Lennon --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] temple bell ringing four times [Verse 1] Mother you had me but I never had you I wanted you you didn’t want me So I I just gotta tell you Goodbye Goodbye [Verse 2] Father you left me but I never left you I needed you you didn’t need me So I I just gotta tell you mh-mh Goodbye Goodbye [Verse 3] Children don’t do-o what I have done I couldn’t walk ’n I tried to run So I I just gotta tell you Goodbye Goodbye [Outro] Momma don’t go Daddy come home Momma don’t go Daddy come home (repeat and fade out) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Hold On - John Lennon --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|129-------9-----|----------------|--2---2---------|--2---2---------| B|9-9---12--9-----|-----------9----|--2---2---------|--2---2---------| G|9-----9---9-----|--9---9----9----|--2---2---------|--2---2---------| D|9-----9---9-----|--9---9h11-9----|--2---2-------2-|--2---2---------| A|----------------/11--11-------11\|4-----------24-4|4---------------| E|0-------------0-|----------------|2------------h-h|2-------------0-| [Verse] 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|129-------9-----|----------------|--2---2---------|--2---2---------| B|9-9---12--9-----|-----------9----|--2---2---------|--2---2---------| G|9-----9---9-----|--9---9----9----|--2---2---------|--2---2---------| D|9-----9---9-----|--9---9h11-9----|--2---2-------2-|--2---2-------2-| A|----------------/11--11-------11\|4-----------24-4|4-----------24--| E|0-------------0-|----------------|2------------h-h|2------------h--| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|--4---4---------|------7---------| B|--4---4---------|--7---9---------| G|--4---4---------|--6---8---------| D|--4---4---------|--7---9---------| A|6---------------|----------------| E|4---------------|5-----7---------| --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS ----- 2-4-2-2-2-2 A6 5-x-7-6-7-x B6 7-x-9-8-9-7 / 2-2-4-2-3-2 or 7-9-7-7-7-7 () / 4-4-6-4-5-4 or 9-11-9-9-9-9 () --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | | % | | % | [Verse 1] Hold on John John hold on It’s gonna be alright You gonna win the fight Hold on Yoko Yoko hold on It’s gonna be alright You’re gonna make the fight [Chorus] When you’re by yourself And there’s no one else You just have yourself And you tell yourself Just to hold on ... [Interlude] (verse) (Cookie!) | | | [Verse 2] Hold on world world hold on It’s gonna be alright You’re gonna see the light [Chorus] When you’re one Really one Well you get things done Like they’ve never been done So hold on --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. I Found Out - John Lennon --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|----------------| B|----------------| G|----------------| D|----------------| A|----------------| E|---------0----0-| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + e|----------------|----------------------|----------------|------------| B|----------------|----------------------|----------------|------------| G|----------------|----------------------|----------------|------------| D|---------5-5----|---------5-5----------|----------------|------------| A|----3----5-5----|----3----5-5--------3-|3---3---3-------|------------| E|3-5---5-----0-0-|3-5---5-----0-0-3-5---|--5---5---5-3-5-|----------0-| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|----------------|-----------------------|----------------| B|----------------|-----------------------|----------------| G|----------------|-----------------------|----------------| D|----------------|-----------------------|----------------| A|----3-----------|----3-------------3--3-|3---3---3-------| E|3-5---5-------0-|3-5---5-------3-5---5--|--5---5---5-3-5-| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + B|------7br5-------|----------------| G|------7br5-------|----------------| |-----------------|----------------| |-----------------|----------------| |-----------------|----------------| ************************ | br bend and release ************************ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS D/A x(0)-x-7-7-x --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] N.C. I told you before stay away from my door N.C. Don’t give me that brother brother brother brother N.C. The freaks on the phone won’t leave me alone N.C. So don’t give me that brother brother brother brother - oh! [Chorus] I I found out I I found out [Verse 1] 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 Now that I found out I know I can cry [Chorus] I I found out I I found out [Verse 2] 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 a star [Chorus] I I found out I I found out [Intsrumental] | | % | % | % | | | % | % | % | | | % | % | % | | | % | % | % | | | % | [Verse 3] 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 [Chorus] I I found out I I found out [Verse 4] 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 [Chorus] I I found out I I found this out I I found out [Outro] Am(sdd9) Out! Am(sdd9) Out! (repeat and fade) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Working Class Hero - John Lennon --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Whatever your strumming pattern may be try to include this basic riff: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + e|----0---0-------0---0---|----0---0-------0---0---| B|----1---1-------1---1---|----1---1-------1---1---| D|----2---2---0h2---------|----2---2---0h2---------| A|0-----------------------|0-----------------------| |------------------------|------------------------| ******************** | h Hammer-on ******************** --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | | % | [Verse 1] As soon as you’re born they make you feel small By giving you no time instead of it all Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be [Verse 2] 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 [Verse 3] 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 [Verse 4] Keep you doped with religion and sex and T.V. 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 [Verse 5] 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 [Outro] If you want to be a hero well just follow me If you want to be a hero well just follow me --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Isolation - John Lennon --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intro / Interlude / Verses 4 and 6 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|2---2---2---2---|2---2---2-------|-6-5-3-----------| B|3---3---3---3---|3---3---3---6-7-|-7-5-4-----------| G|2---2---3---3---|4---4---5---5---|-----------------| D|0---------------|0---------------|-----------------| A|----------------|----------------|-----------------| E|----------------|----------------|-----------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS D x-x-0-2-3-2 D* x-x-0-2-3-5 Daug x-x-0-3-3-2 D6 x-x-0-4-3-2 D7 x-x-0-2-1-2 G 3-x-0-0-0-3 A x-0-2-2-2-0 Aaug x-0-3-2-2-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | Daug | | | [Verse 1] D Daug People say we got it made Don’t they know we’re so afraid? I-I-I ... solation [Verse 2] D Daug We’re afraid to be alone Everybody got to have a home I-I-I ... solation [Verse 3] D Daug Just a boy and a little girl Trying to change the whole wide world I-I-I ... solation [Verse 4] D Daug The world is just a little town Everybody trying to put us down I-I-I ... I-I-I ... sola----tion (break) [Bridge] I don’t expect you To understand After you’ve caused So much pain But then again You’re not to blame You’re just a human A victim of the insa- a- ane [Interlude] | Daug | | | [Verse 5] D Daug We’re afraid of everyone Afraid of the sun I-I-I ... solation [Verse 6] D Daug The sun will never disappear But the world may not have many years I-I-I ... I-I-I ... sola----tion --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Remember - John Lennon --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Verse patterns [ 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|----------------| |----------------| |----------------| |----------------| B|0-0-0-0-0---0-0-| |0-0-0-0-0---0-0-| |0-0-0-0-0---0-0-| |1-1-1-2-2-2-2-2-| G|0-0-0-0-0-2-0-0-| |0-0-0-0-0-2-0-0-| |0-0-0-0-0-2-0-0-| |0-2-0-2-2-2-2-2-| D|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-| |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| A|----------------| |----------------| |----------------| |3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-| E|----------------| |----------------| |----------------| |----------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS Dm x-x-3-2-x-x D5 x-x-0-2-3-x D5/C x-3-x-2-3-x G7 3-2-3-0-0-x G7/B x-2-3-0-0-x G/F# 2-x-0-0-0-x --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] 3/4 (drums play 4/4) | | | % | % | | | | % | % | % | | | % | / | % | [Verse 1] Em Ebaug Remember when you were young How the hero Was never hung Always Got away [Verse 2] Em Ebaug Remember how the man Used to leave you Empty handed Always Always Let you down [Verse 3] Em Ebaug If you ever change your mind About leaving It all behind Remember Remember Today - hey hey [Chorus] Don’t feel sorry The way it’s gone And don’t you worry ’Bout what you’ve done [Verse 4] Em Ebaug Just remember when you were small How people Seemed so tall Always Had their way - hey hey [Verse 5] Em Ebaug Do you remember your ma and pa Just wishing For movie stardom Always Always Playing a part [Verse 6] Em Ebaug If you ever feel so sad And the whole world Is driving you mad Remember Remember Today - hey hey [Chorus] Don’t feel sorry ’Bout the way it’s gone And don’t you worry ’Bout what you’ve done [Coda] Em Ebaug No no remember remember The fifth Of November --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Love - John Lennon --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: John Lennon From: “Plastic Ono Band” (1970) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard Capo: 2nd fret Play: C Key: D For chords in original key transpose +2. [Intro] / [Outro] 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B|0---------------|----0-------0---|----------------|----1-----------| G|0---------------|--------2-------|0---------------|----0---0---2---| D|2---2-------2---|--1---1---------|2---2-------2---|--2---2---2---2-| A|--2---2---2-----|2---------2---2-|--2---2---2---2-|3-------3-------| E|0-------0-----0-|----------------|0-------0-------|----------------| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B|0---1-----------|1---0-------0---|----1-------1---|----------------| G|2---2-------2---|--------2-------|0---0-------0---|----0-------0---| D|--3---3---3---3-|--0---0---0---0-|--2---2---2---2-|----2---2-------| A|----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|--2---2---2---2-| E|1-------1-------|3-------3-------|----------------|0-------0-------| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B|0---1-----------|1---0-------0---|1---------------|----------------| G|2---2-------2---|--------2-------|0---0-------0---|----0-------0---| D|--3---3---3---3-|--0---0---0---0-|--2---2---2---2-|--2---2-2-------| A|----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|3-------3-3---3-| E|1-------1-------|3-------3-------|----------------|----------------| -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS Gsus4 3-x-0-0-1-x G 3-x-0-0-0-x Gsus2 3-x-0-2-x-x Eb x-6-5-3-4-3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] (faded in) | | Gsus4 Gsus2 | | | | | Gsus4 Gsus2 | | % | [Verse 1] Love is real Real is love Love is feeling Fee- ling love Love is wanting To be loved [Verse 2] Love is touch Touch is love Love is reaching Reaching love Love is asking To be loved [Middle 8] Love is you You and me Love is knowing We can be [Verse 3] Love is free Free is love Love is living Li- ving love Love is needing To be loved [Outro] (faded in) | | Gsus4 Gsus2 | | | | | Gsus4 Gsus2 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. Well Well Well - John Lennon --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: John Lennon From: “Plastic Ono Band” (1970) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard [Intro] / [Verse] 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|--0-0-0-0-------0-0-|0-0-------------|--0-0-0-0-0-0-------|0-0-------------| G|--4b4b4b4br-p2--2-4-|2---------------|------2-4b4b4br-p2--|2-4-------------| |--------------4-----|--4-------------|--2-4-------------4-|----------------| |--------------------|----------------|--------------------|----------------| |--------------------|----------------|--------------------|----------------| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|--0-0-0-0-------0-0-|0-0-------------|--5-2-0-------------|----------------| G|--4b4b4b4br-p2--2-4-|2---------------|--------4b4b4br-p2--|2-4-2-----------| |--------------4-----|--4-------------|------------------4-|----------------| |--------------------|----------------|--------------------|----------------| |--------------------|----------------|--------------------|----------------| ************************ | br bend and release | p pull off ************************ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | N.C. | % | % | % | (riff) | N.C. | % | % | % | (riff) [Chorus] Well well well oh well Well well well oh well [Verse 1] N.C. I took my loved one out to dinner N.C. So we could get a bite to eat N.C. And though we both had been much thinner N.C. She looked so beautiful I could eat her [Chorus] Well well well oh well Well well well oh well [Verse 2] N.C. I took my loved one to a big field N.C. So we could watch the English sky N.C. We both were nervous feeling guilty N.C. And neither one of us knew just why [Chorus] Well well well oh well Well well well oh well Well well well oh well Well well well oh well Well well well oh well Well well well oh well Well well well oh well Well well well oh well Well well well oh well Well well well oh well Well well well [Interlude] Well Well Well Well Well Well Well Well Well [Verse] | N.C. | % | % | % | (riff) | N.C. | % | % | % | (riff) [Chorus] Well well well oh well Well well well oh well [Verse 3] N.C. We sat and talked of revolution N.C. Just like two liberals in the sun N.C. We talked of women’s liberation N.C. And how the hell we could get things done [Chorus] Well well well oh well Well well well oh well [Verse 4] N.C. I took my loved one to a big field N.C. So we could watch the English sky N.C. We both were nervous feeling guilty N.C. And neither one of us knew just why [Chorus] Well well well oh well Well well well oh well Well well well oh well Well well well oh well Well well well oh well Well well well well Well well well well Well ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. Look at Me - John Lennon --------------------------------------------------------------------------- More than one guitar playing. I guess one plays in A another one in (transpose -2) with capo 2nd fret to match the key of . --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Verse 1] Look at me Who am I supposed to be? Who am I supposed to be? [Verse 2] look at me What am I supposed to be? What am I supposed to be? [Bridge] Look at me Oh my love Oh my love [Verse 3] Here I am What am I supposed to do? What am I supposed to do? [Verse 4] Here I am What can I do for you? What can I do for you? [Bridge] Here I am Oh my love Oh my love [Middle 8] Look at me Oh-oh please look at me my love [Bridge] Here I am Oh my love [Verse 5] Who am I? Nobody knows but me Nobody knows but me [Verse 6A] Who am I? Nobody else can see Just you and me [Bridge] Who are we? Oh my love Oh my love Oh ... my love --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. God - John Lennon --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS C/G 3-x-2-0-1-3 Em/D x-x-0-0-0-0 G/F# 2-x-0-0-0-3 D5 x-x-0-2-3-x --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | / | / | | | [Verse 1] God is a concept By which we measure our pain I’ll say it again ... [Verse 2] God is a concept By which we measure our pain yeah pain yeah [Middle 8] 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 Kennedys I don’t believe in Buddha I don’t believe in mantra I don’t believe in Geeta I don’t believe in yoga I don’t believe in kings I don’t believe in Elvis I don’t believe in zimmermen I don’t believe in Beatles [Link] I just believe in me Yoko and me And that’s reality [Bridge] The dream is over What can I say The dream is over Yesterday [Coda] I was the dream weaver But now I’m reborn I was the walrus But now I’m John And so dear friends You’ll just have to carry on The dream is over --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. My Mummy’s Dead - John Lennon --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS D x-x-0-2-3-2 sometimes hammered on: x-x-0-2-3h2 Dsus2/A x-0-x-2-3-0 D/A x-0-x-2-3-2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | Dsus2/ | / | [Verse 1] My mummy’s dead I can’t get it in my head Though it’s been so many years My mummy’s dead [Verse 2] I can’t ex- plain So much pain I could never show it My mummy’s dead
