Sloop John B
The Beach Boys
Intro: [C]
We [C]come on the sloop [F]John [C] B
My grandfather [F]and [C]me
Around Nassau town we did [G7]roam
Drinking all [C]night [C7] Got into a [F]fight
[Dm] Well I [C]feel so broke up [G7]I wanna go [C]home
|Chorus:
|So [C]hoist up the John [F]B [C]sail
|See how the main [F]sail [C]sets
|Call for the captain ashore, let me go [G7]home
|Let me go [C]home [C7]
|I wanna go [F]home [Dm]
|Well I [C]feel so broke up
|[G7]I wanna go [C]home
[C]First mate he [F]got [C]drunk
Broke in the [F]cap[C]tain’s trunk
Constable had to come and take him a[G7]way
Sheriff John [C]Stone [C7]
Why don’t you leave me a[F]lo-o-[Dm]-one
Well I [C]feel so broke up
[G7]I wanna go [C]home
Chorus:
The [C]poor cook he caught [F]the [C]fits
Threw away all of [F]my [C]grits
Then he took and ate up all of my [G7]corn
Let me go [C]home [C7]
I wanna go [F]home [Dm]
This [C]is the worst trip
[G7]I’ve ever been [C]on
Chorus:
I [C] feel so broke up
[G7*] I wanna go [C]home