Sloop John B - The Beach Boys

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[Intro]
   

[Verse 1]
             
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

[Chorus]
             
So hoist up th

        
e John B’s   s

ail
              
See how the ma

     
in sail   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

[Verse 2]
             
The first mate

      
 he got    dru

nk
             
And broke in t

      
he capn’s  tru

nk
              
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

[Chorus]
             
So hoist up th

         
e John B’s    


sail
             
See how the ma

     
in sail   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

[Verse 3]
             
The poor cook 

          
he caught the 

  
   fits
             
And threw away

       
 all my     gr

its
              
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

[Chorus]
             
So hoist up th

         
e John B’s    


sail
             
See how the ma

     
in sail   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
       
Well I feel so

 broke up
          
I wanna go hom

e

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