John Lennon - Gone From This Place

This is a great song that was never released. It would have appeared on the album after Milk and Honey had John not been taken from us. The words are hard to make out, so I have listed the lyrics:

Momma poppa told me don't go from this place
Don't be gone from this place

Well I won't be satisfied till I'm gone from this place
Till I'm gone, from this place


Ah, I don't wanna die


Momma poppa told me don't go from this place
Don't be gone from this place
Momma poppa told me don't go from this place
Don't be gone from this place

Ah, I don't wanna die


Oh, how she weaves the spell around them
Oh, how she weaves the magic circle

Momma poppa told me don't go from this place
Don't be gone from this place
Momma poppa told me don't go from this place
Don't be gone from this place

Ah, I don't wanna die

Ah, I don't wanna die

Oh, how she weaves the spell around them
Oh, how she weaves the magic circle

Momma poppa told me don't go from this place
Don't be gone from this place
Momma poppa told me don't go from this place
Don't be gone from this place

Ah, I don't wanna die

Oh no, I don't wanna die

Instrumental verse

Ah, I don't wanna die

Oh, how she weaves the spell around them
Oh, how she weaves the magic circle

Momma poppa told me don't go from this place
Don't be gone from this place

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• lennon
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• from
• this
• place
• bootleg
• demo
• dakota

[hofnerman1]

I may be wrong but as a musician myself, this sounds more like a song that was in the works. Using the same verses over and over allows for lyrical place holders to be put in place as well as providing a foundation from which to build or construct a melody. And the recording quality is that of a cassette tape recorder. But then again, we will never know.

[YoungChuck3]

Right, it's only a demo. He never got any farther than that which we are listening to. What I meant in the description was that he wanted to put this song(or some form of it) on Milk and Honey.

[LennonForever38]

Fuck March Chapman. I would like to stranggle that "Man". Love song.

[smilinstevie88]

@AnaLimaLuiza - Sorry...in my chord instructions I should have said that the capo is on the 4th fret - not the 5th. I almost always tune my guitar down half a step and sometimes I forget that. But the capo should be at the 4th fret on this song.

[smilinstevie88]

@AnaLimaLuiza - I'm not hofnerman, but I can give ya the chords. First, it's capoed at the 5th fret. Then, the frets (relative to the capo) are: A, Amaj7, A7, D, repeated twice, then Bm, E7, and then the part in the middle about the "magic circles" is D and then E7. Rinse and repeat as necessary. It's really pretty easy. I just heard it for the first time and picked it up right away. Hope that helps. ( :

[Sirfev2010]

Cheers From Upstate N.Y

[AnaLimaLuiza]

BTW: No you're not wrong. It is surely the base for a song he was working. :)

[AnaLimaLuiza]

@hofnerman1 Hi, Could you give me the chords? I know they are easy but I'm a beginner and wanna check if what I found is correct.

There are two I cannot figure out.

Thank you!

[TheSarna8]

why hi left cynthia , ??? why , i do not like him .

[CurtisGayle]

Might never have been officially released, but still compelling. Although we have so much of Lennon recorded, one only wonders what (more) could have been had things been different. Truly heartbreaking.

[oldlaserhead]

@GivepeaceachanceJL Better recognize your brothers: everyone you meet.