Sloop John B chords
The Beach Boys 1966

Capo I *

   
We come on the

 sloop John B

My grandfather and me
              
Around Nassau 

            
town we did ro

am
             
Drinking all n

     
ight
             
Got into a fig

  
ht
       
Well I feel so

 broke up
            
I want to go h

ome

   
So hoist up th

e John B’s sai

l

See how the mainsail sets

Call for the captain ashore
             
Let me go home

             
, let me go ho

  
me
             
I wanna go hom

        
e, yeah yeah
       
Well I feel so

 broke up
          
I wanna go hom

e

    
The first mate

 he got drunk

And broke in the capn’s trunk
              
The constable 

              
had to come an

            
d take him awa

y
             
Sheriff John S

    
tone
              
Why don’t you 

             
leave me alone

       
, yeah yeah
             
Well I feel so

             
 broke up I wa

       
nna go home

   
So hoist up th

e John B’s sai

l

See how the mainsail sets

Call for the captain ashore
             
Let me go home

             
, let me go ho

 
me
             
I wanna go hom

              
e, let me go h

              
ome, why don't

              
 you let me go

 
 home?

Hoist up the John B, Hoist up the John B
       
Well I feel so

 broke up
          
I wanna go hom

e

    
The poor cook 

he caught the 

fits

And threw away all my grits
              
And then he to

              
ok and he ate 

             
up all of my c

orn
             
Let me go home


              
Why don’t they

             
 let me go hom

  
e
             
This is the wo

             
rst trip I’ve 

          
ever been on

   
So hoist up th

e John B’s sai

l

See how the mainsail sets

Call for the captain ashore
             
Let me go home

             
, let me go ho

  
me
             
I wanna go hom

        
e, yeah yeah
       
Well I feel so

 broke up
          
I wanna go hom

e

* Alternate:

Capo VI

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