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