Lennon's Give Peace a Chance lyrics up for sale

John Lennon's handwritten lyrics for the hit song Give Peace a Chance will go under the hammer at auction in July and are expected to fetch 200-300,000 pounds ($400-600,000), Christie's said yesterdday.

The lyrics are being sold by comedy writer and presenter Gail Renard, who was 16 when Lennon and Yoko Ono staged their famous "Bed-In" at a hotel in Montreal in 1969.

Renard and a friend sneaked into the Queen Elizabeth Hotel where the recently married Lennon and Ono were holding a protest for peace and became friendly with the couple.