Sloop John B - The Beach Boys
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Capo: Fret 1
Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E
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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