personnel john lennon - vocals , keyboards earl slick , hugh mccracken - lead guitar tony levin - bass george small - keyboards michelle simpson , cassandra wooten , cheryl mason jacks , eric troyer - backing vocals andy newmark - drums matthew cunningham - hammer dulcimer arthur jenkins - percussion cover versions the song has been covered by gwen guthrie ( 1992 ) , the samples ( 1997 ) , matisyahu for the benefit album ( 2007 ) , and charly garcía under the name '' mirando las ruedas '' for his album kill gil ( 2010 ) .