Come Together

John Lennon

Here come old flat-top

He come groovin' up slowly
He got ju ju eyeball
He one holy roller
He got hair down to his knee
Got to be a joker he just do what he please
He wear no shoeshine
He got toejam football
He got monkey finger
He shoot Coca-Cola
He say I know you, you know me
One thing I can tell you is you've got to be free
Come together...right now
Over me
He Bag Production, he got
Walrus gumboot, he got
Ono sideboard, he one
Spinal cracker, he got
Feet...down below his knee
Hold you in his armchair you can feel his disease
Come together...right now
Over me
He rollercoaster, he got
Early warning, he got
Muddy Water, he one
Mojo filter, he say
One and one and one is three
Got to be good lookin' 'cause he's so hard to see
Come Together...right now
Over me
Come together...yeah
Come together...yeah
Come together...yeah
Come together...yeah

When John originally wrote the tune he said he was writing obscurely around an old Chuck
Berry tune 'You Can't Catch Me'. John said,'I left the line in "Here come old flat-top". It is
nothing like the Chuck Berry song, but they took me to court because I admitted the
influence once years ago.' A settlement was reached in which John agreed to do two Chuck
Berry songs on an album, which were 'You Can't Catch Me' & "Sweet Little Sixteen' on
John's 1975 album 'Rock 'n' Roll'.
Come Together

John Lennon

Here come old flattop he come grooving up slowly

He got Joo-Joo eyeball he one holy roller
He got hair down to his knee
Got to be a joker he just do what he please

He wear no shoeshine he got toe-jam football

He got monkey finger he shoot coca-cola
He say "I know you, you know me"
One thing I can tell you is you got to be free
Come together right now over me

He bag production he got walrus gumboot

He got Ono sideboard he one spinal cracker
He got feet down below his knee
Hold you in his armchair you can feel his disease
Come together right now over me

He roller-coaster he got early warning

He got muddy water he one mojo filter
He say "One and one and one is three"
Got to be good-looking 'cause he's so hard to see
Come together right now over me

Come together, come together, come together, come together, ...

Recorded: July 21-13, 22-23, 25, 29-30, 1969, Abbey Road Studios, London
- Abbey Road
- The Beatles/1967-1970 (The Blue Album)
- Anthology 3