[Intro]

(flute doubled with glockenspiel, arr. for guitar)

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[Verse 1]
   
We come on the

 sloop John B

My grandfather

 and me
              
Around Nassau 

           
town we do roa

m
             
Drinking all n


ight
           
Got into a fig

ht
    
Well I feel so

 broke up
          
 I wanna go ho

      
me

[Chorus] 

So hoist up th

e John B's sai

l

See how the ma

insail sets
              
Call for the C

              
aptain ashore,

           
 let me go hom

e 
       
Let me go home
            
I wanna go hom

         
e, yeah, yeah
       
Well I feel so

 broke up
      
 I wanna go ho

me (duddudud, 

dudduddud, dud

dudud)

[Verse 2]

The first mate

 he got drunk

And broke in t

he Captain's t

runk
              
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 wanna go ho

me

[Chorus]

Go hoist up th

e John B's sai

l (hoist up th

e John B)

See how the ma

insail sets (s

ee how the mai

nsail)
              
Call for the C

              
aptain ashore,

           
 let me go hom

e (let me go h

ome)
           N.C.
I wanna go home (let me go home)
N.C.
Why don't you let me go home (hoist up the John B, hoist up the John B)
  
I feel so brok

e up
       
 I wanna go ho

me (let me go 

home, the John

 B)

[Verse 3]

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 [dou

          
ble-time] home
              
Why don't they

            
 let me go hom

         
e? (aha, ooh) 

(next single t

ime again)
     
This is the wo

rst trip
            
 I've ever bee

  
n on

[Outro] (double time but gradually fading till the middle to follow recording)

Go hoist up th

e John B's sai

l (hoist up th

e John B)

See how the ma

insail sets (s

ee how the mai

nsail)
              
Call for the C

              
aptain ashore,

           
 let me go hom

e (let me go h

ome)
           
I wanna go hom

e (let me go h

ome)

Why don't you 

let me go home

I feel so brok

e up
       
 I wanna go ho

me