John Lennon T Shirt – “Give Peace a Chance”

John Lennon’s Plastic Ono Band released “Give Peace a Chance” in 1969. It went on to become the anthem of the American anti war movement.

The song was kept out of the top spot on the charts in the UK by The Rolling Stones “Honky Tonk Women”, and reached number 14 in the US.

“Give Peace a Chance” was written during John Lennon’s honeymoon. It was recorded in a hotel room in Montreal using four microphones and a four-track tape recorder. This was Lennon’s first hit away from The Beatles.

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In July 2008, Christie’s Auctions in London sold John Lennon’s hand-penned lyrics to “Give Peace a Chance” for £421,250 ($834,000). Lennon had written the lyrics during the eight-day Bed-in and gave the sheet to 16-year-old Gail Renard who had sneaked into the Queen Elizabeth Hotel with a friend. The teenagers became friendly with Lennon and Yoko. He gave her several mementoes, including the lyrics, telling her: “One day they will be worth something.”

Lyrics of “Give Peace a Chance”

Ev’rybody’s talking about
Bagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, Tagism
This-ism, that-ism
Isn’t it the most
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

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, Mastication, Flagelolation, Regulations.
Integrations, Meditations, United Nations, Congratulations
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

Oh Let’s stick to it
Ev’rybody’s talking about
John and Yoko, Timmy Leary, Rosemary, Tommy smothers, Bob Dylan,
Tommy Cooper, Derek Tayor, Norman Mailer, Alan Ginsberg, Hare Krishna,
Hare Krishna
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance