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