Lyrics for 'Give Peace a Chance', 1969 (felt pen on card)

A rare and important set of lyrics in John Lennon's hand for Give Peace A Chance, 1969, the lyrics penned by Lennon in Suite 1742 at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal, Canada, during John and Yoko's historic Bed-In for Peace, 26 May - 2 June, 1969; this large set written by Lennon in black felt pen on a piece of white card was initially intended to be the lyric sheet for those taking part in the recording of the song in John and Yoko's hotel suite on the evening of Sunday 1 June, 1969, however an hour or so before the recording Lennon instead asked the vendor, Gail Renard, to rewrite these lyrics again in even larger format, so that the crowd in the room could see them as clearly as possible; this set, written by John in 'chant' form, with eleven lines in four verses set out in four columns preceded by the opening line: Everybodies (sic) talking bout.. followed by the chorus: All we are saying is Give peace a chance. embellished throughout by Lennon's idiosyncratic spelling and wordplay, omits a few minor variations seen in the final recorded version which occurred during the session when Lennon ad-libbed a few repeated words, added the phrase Let me tell you now before the 3rd verse and Rosemary's name after that of her partner Timothy Leary in the final verse