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