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