Beach Boys, Sloop John B (1966)
Key: :[B] (w: Traditional, Brian Wilson)
INTRO: [B]
VERSE 1:
[B] We come on the Sloop John B, my grandfather and me
Around Nassau town we do
[Gb] roam
Drinking all
[B] night, got into a
[E] fight
Well I
[B] feel so broke up,
[Gb] I wanna go
[B] home
CHORUS:
[B] So hoist up the John B's sail, see how the mainsail sets
Call for the Captain ashore, let me go
[Gb] home
Let me go
[B] home, I wanna go
[E] home, yeah yeah
Well I
[B] feel so broke up,
[Gb] I wanna go
[B] home
VERSE 2:
[B] The first mate he got drunk, and broke in the Captain's trunk
The constable had to come and take him a-
[Gb]-way
Sheriff John
[B] Stone, why don't you leave me a-
[E]-lone, yeah yeah,
Well I
[B] feel so broke up,
[Gb] I wanna go
[B] home
REPEAT CHORUS:
VERSE 3:
[B] The poor cook he caught the fits, and threw away all my grits
And then he took and he ate up all of my
[Gb] corn
Let me go
[B] home, why don't they let me go
[E] home
[B] This is the worst trip,
[Gb] I've ever been
[B] on
REPEAT CHORUS:
