Lennon lyrics go under the hammer

Updated 10.49 Wed Apr 30 2008
Keywords: gail renard, christies, give peace a chance, john lennon

The handwritten lyrics of John Lennon's Give Peace A Chance will be sold at Christie's auction house.

The former Beatle gave the lyrics - which had been scribbled on to a piece of paper -to teenage fan Gail Renard during one of his famous 'bed-in' peace protests with his wife Yoko Ono in a Montreal hotel room in 1969.

"One day they will be worth something" - John Lennon

The couple's 'bed-in' lasted eight days and followed a similar protest in Amsterdam.

The piece is expected to attract bids of £200,000 upwards. The song reached number 14 in the US charts and was kept off the top slot in the UK by The Rolling Stones' Honky Tonk Women.

A Christie's spokesman said they expected the auction to generate a huge amount of interest.

The sale will take place on July 10 in South Kensington, London.

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