Peter Fonda helped The Beatles write a hit song during 1965 acid trip

Actor Peter Fonda, who died on Friday at the age of 79, may be best remembered for his starring role in the counterculture classic “Easy Rider.” But he also contributed to the soundtrack of the era, helping John Lennon write the lyrics to a classic Beatles song during an acid trip with the band in 1965.

In 2000, Fonda recalled to The Post that he was there in 1965 as Beatle George Harrison tripped on with his band mates. A strung-out Harrison feared he was going to die.

“I was saying, ‘Don’t worry George, it’s OK. I know what it’s like to be dead,” Fonda said, a reference to having survived a near-fatal childhood shooting accident.

His effort to calm down the high-as-a-kite Harrison inadvertently sparked John Lennon to come up with lyrics to their song “She Said, She Said,” Fonda added.

“Lennon looks over, all pissed off, and says, ‘You know what it’s like to be dead? Who put all that s— in your head? You’re making me feel like I’ve never been born,” Fonda told The Post.

“And right then, right as he said it, John’s eyes went wide and he knew that was the lyric: ‘You’re making me feel like I’ve never been born,’” Fonda said of the “Revolver” hit.

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