C5  D#5 G5  G#5 A#5 (D)D#5
e -x- -x- -x- -x- -x- -x-
B -x- -x- -x- -x- -x- -x-
G -5- -8- -x- -x- -3- -8-
D -5- -8- -5- -6- -3- -8-
A -3- -6- -5- -6- -1- -5-
E -x- -x- -3- -4- --- ---

[Intro]
C5 D#5 C5 D#5
C5 D#5 G#5

[Verse 1]
C5                 D#5   C5          D#5
It was the fearful night of December 8th
C5               D#5           G#5
He was returning home from the studio late
C5                  D#5   C5                  D#5
He had perceptively known that it wouldn't be nice
C5                  D#5       G#5
Because in nineteen eighty he paid the price

[Chorus]
C5   D#5          C5   D#5
John Lennon died, John Lennon died,
C5   D#5    G#5
John Lennon died
(repeat 1x)

[Fill in]
A#5 G5 C5 G5
A#5 G5 D#5 (D) D#5
(repeat 1x)

[Verse 2]
C5               D#5    C5     D#5
With a Smith and Wesson thirty eight
C5            D#5         G#5
John Lennon's life was no longer a debate
C5             D#5            C5             D#5
He should have stayed at home he should have never cared
C5              D#5           G#5
And the man who took his life declared, he said:

[Chorus]
C5     D#5  C5      D#5
I just shot John Lennon
C5              D#5       G#5
He said: I just shot John Lennon
C5     D#5     C5        D#5
What a sad and sorry and sickening sight
C5       D#5               G#5
It was a sad and sorry and sickening night
(repeat 2nd part 1x)

[Bridge]
C5        C5
Ah oh ah  Ah oh ah
C5              G#5
Ah oh ah  Oh ah ah
(repeat 1x)

[Intro]
C5 D#5 C5 D#5
C5 D#5 G#5
(repeat 1x)

[Chorus]
C5     D#5  C5      D#5
I just shot John Lennon
C5              D#5       G#5
He said: I just shot John Lennon
C5     D#5     C5        D#5
What a sad and sorry and sickening sight
C5       D#5               G#5
It was a sad and sorry and sickening night
(repeat 2nd part 1x)

[Bridge]
C5        C5
Ah oh ah  Ah oh ah
C5              G#5
Ah oh ah  Oh ah ah
(repeat 1x)

[Intro]
C5 D#5 C5 D#5
C5 D#5 G#5
C5 D#5 C5 D#5
C5 D#5 (pistol shooting)