Give Peace a Chance Lyrics
[Intro]
Two
A-one, two, three four, ugh
[Verse 1]
Everybody's talking about
Bagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, Tagism
This-ism, that-ism, ism ism ism
[Chorus]
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
[Verse 2]
(Come on)
Everybody's talking about
Minister, Sinister, Banisters and Canisters
Bishops, Fishops, Rabbis, and Pop Eyes, Bye bye, Bye byes
[Chorus]
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
[Verse 3]
(Let me tell you now)
Everybody's talking about
Revolution, Evolution, Masturbation, Flagellation, Regulation
Integrations, mediations, United Nations, congratulations
Two
A-one, two, three four, ugh
[Verse 1]
Everybody's talking about
Bagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, Tagism
This-ism, that-ism, ism ism ism
[Chorus]
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
[Verse 2]
(Come on)
Everybody's talking about
Minister, Sinister, Banisters and Canisters
Bishops, Fishops, Rabbis, and Pop Eyes, Bye bye, Bye byes
[Chorus]
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
[Verse 3]
(Let me tell you now)
Everybody's talking about
Revolution, Evolution, Masturbation, Flagellation, Regulation
Integrations, mediations, United Nations, congratulations
[Chorus]
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
[Verse 4]
Everybody's talking about
John and Yoko, Timmy Leary, Rosemary
Tommy Smothers, Bobby Dylan, Tommy Cooper
Derek Taylor, Norman Mailer, Allen Ginsberg, Hare Krishna
Hare Hare Krishna
[Chorus]
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
[Outro]
(Come on, come on, come on)
All we are saying is give peace a chance
([?])
All we are saying is give peace a chance
(Let's hear it for the hippies and the yippies)
All we are saying is give peace a chance
(Let's hear it for the people, now)
All we are saying is give peace a chance
(Let's hear it for Hare Krishna)
All we are saying is give peace a chance
(Everybody now, come on)
All we are saying is give peace a chance
([?])
All we are saying is give peace a chance
(Everybody now, come on)
All we are saying (It won't [?] unless you want it and we want it now) is give peace a chance
All we are saying (Come together) is give peace a chance
(Come together, all together)
All we are saying is give peace a chance
(Can everybody hear me? Yes!)
All we are saying (We can get it tomorrow or today) is give peace a chance
(Unless you want it now, I'll get it now)
All we are saying is give peace a chance
(Yes, yes)
All we are saying is give peace a chance
(Okay, beautiful, yes
We've made it!)
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
[Verse 4]
Everybody's talking about
John and Yoko, Timmy Leary, Rosemary
Tommy Smothers, Bobby Dylan, Tommy Cooper
Derek Taylor, Norman Mailer, Allen Ginsberg, Hare Krishna
Hare Hare Krishna
[Chorus]
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
[Outro]
(Come on, come on, come on)
All we are saying is give peace a chance
([?])
All we are saying is give peace a chance
(Let's hear it for the hippies and the yippies)
All we are saying is give peace a chance
(Let's hear it for the people, now)
All we are saying is give peace a chance
(Let's hear it for Hare Krishna)
All we are saying is give peace a chance
(Everybody now, come on)
All we are saying is give peace a chance
([?])
All we are saying is give peace a chance
(Everybody now, come on)
All we are saying (It won't [?] unless you want it and we want it now) is give peace a chance
All we are saying (Come together) is give peace a chance
(Come together, all together)
All we are saying is give peace a chance
(Can everybody hear me? Yes!)
All we are saying (We can get it tomorrow or today) is give peace a chance
(Unless you want it now, I'll get it now)
All we are saying is give peace a chance
(Yes, yes)
All we are saying is give peace a chance
(Okay, beautiful, yes
We've made it!)
About
Genius Annotation
“Give Peace a Chance” was released in protest against the war in Vietnam. The song became an anthem of the anti-war movement—it was even sung by participants of the 500,000 strong march on Washington D.C. in November of 1969.
Lennon and Ono were well-known members of the anti-war movement. They even created the method of protest known as a “bed-in,” involving occupying a hotel room for a week at a time as they did on their honeymoon in Amsterdam. This song was actually recorded during one of their “bed-ins” in Montreal.
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Percussion By
Tambourine By
Handclaps
Acoustic Guitar By
Lead Vocals
Backing Vocals By
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Recorded At
Room 1742, Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (June 1, 1969)
Release Date
July 4, 1969
Songs That Sample Give Peace a Chance
Give Peace a Chance Covers
Happy X-Mas (War Is Over)/Give Peace a Chance by Melissa Etheridge, Give Peace a Chance by Hot Chocolate, Give Peace a Chance by John Fogerty, Give Peace a Chance by Toots & The Maytals, A Day in the Life/Give Peace a Chance (Live at Citi Field) by Paul McCartney, Give peace a chance by Diatonic Orchestra & Give Peace a Chance by Aerosmith (Ft. Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars)
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