Key: :[A] (w: Traditional, Brian Wilson)
INTRO: [A]
VERSE 1:
[A] We come on the Sloop John B, my grandfather and me
Around Nassau town we do
[E] roam
Drinking all
[A] night, got into a
[D] fight
Well I
[A] feel so broke up,
[E] I wanna go
[A] home
CHORUS:
[A] So hoist up the John B's sail, see how the mainsail sets
Call for the Captain ashore, let me go
[E] home
Let me go
[A] home, I wanna go
[D] home, yeah yeah
Well I
[A] feel so broke up,
[E] I wanna go
[A] home
VERSE 2:
[A] The first mate he got drunk, and broke in the Captain's trunk
The constable had to come and take him a-
[E]-way
Sheriff John
[A] Stone, why don't you leave me a-
[D]-lone, yeah yeah,
Well I
[A] feel so broke up,
[E] I wanna go
[A] home
REPEAT CHORUS:
VERSE 3:
[A] The poor cook he caught the fits, and threw away all my grits
And then he took and he ate up all of my
[E] corn
Let me go
[A] home, why don't they let me go
[D] home
[A] This is the worst trip,
[E] I've ever been
[A] on
REPEAT CHORUS:
