McCartney Times

John Lennon had already left the band following the release of Abbey Road in 1969, and though it wasn’t officially revealed that The Beatles were no more until April 1970, Ringo Starr already started working on his solo material, and the makings of his debut album Sentimental Journey.

Returning to Abbey Road with a new slate of songs by Feb. 1970, Starr worked around the 12 tracks of the album but ended up pulling one track “You Don’t Come Easy,” a song he had started writing in 1968 and was ultimately co-written with George Harrison (uncredited at the time with Harrison’s blessing). Throughout the years, Starr still gave credit to Harrison as the co-writer of the track and began revisiting it.

In its earlier iteration, Harrison wanted the last verse of the song to be about God, which Starr protested. Starr was also against the suggestion of Hare Krishna before the two agreed on the theme of “peace” in the lyrics.

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Source: Behind the Song Lyrics: “It Don’t Come Easy” by Ringo Starr (and George Harrison) – American Songwriter