"Give Peace a Chance" is a 1969 song written by John Lennon, credited to Lennon-McCartney, and performed with Yoko Ono and the Plastic Ono Band. It became an anthem of the anti-war movement It could only be "Give Peace A Chance," which debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 on July 26, 1969. Credited to the Plastic Ono Band, the impromptu track was recorded during John's "bed-in Ev'rybody's talking about Bagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, Tagism This-ism, that-ism, is-m, is-m, is-m All we are saying is give peace a chance All we are saying is give peace a chance C'mon 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 Give Peace a Chance Lyrics by John Lennon from the John Lennon Live in New York City [Video] album- including song video, artist biography, translations and more: Two, one-two-three-four! "Give Peace a Chance" is an anti-war song written by John Lennon (credited to Lennon-McCartney), and performed with Yoko Ono in Montreal, Quebec, Canada The song Give Peace a Chance was written by John Lennon and was first released by Plastic Ono Band in 1969. It was covered by Gerry Marsden, Ken Lazarus, Carnaby Group, The New Merseysiders and other artists. All we are saying Is: Give peace a chance (Let's hear it for the squares) All we are saying Is: Give peace a chance (Let's hear it for the hippies and the Yippies, yay!) All we are saying (Come on!) Is: Give peace a chance (Let's hear it for people now, yeah!) All we are saying Is: Give peace a chance (Let's hear it for Hare Krishna! Yay!) All All we are saying is give peace a chance All we are saying is give peace a chance (C'mon) Ev'rybody's talkin' 'bout Minister, Sinister, Banisters and Canisters, Bishops, Fishops, Rabbis, and Pop Eyes, 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 talkin' 'bout Give Peace A Chance sheet music. Arrangement for Piano, Vocal, Band and Guitar. By John Lennon, Plastic Ono Band and Sean Lennon. Format Chords, Tab and Lyrics 1969 — US. Vinyl —. 7", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo. Instant Karma (We All Shine On) John Ono Lennon With The Plastic Ono Band. Released. All we are saying is give peace a chance All we are saying is give peace a chance Ev'rybody's talking about John and Yoko, Timmy Leary, Rosemary Tommy Smothers, Bobby Dylan, Tommy Cooper Derek Taylor, Norman Mailer Alan Ginsberg, Hare Krishna Hare, Hare Krishna All we are saying is give peace a chance All we are saying is give peace a chance 4P9INt.