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Sloop John B


Traditional Bahamas Brian Wilson


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Song : D#

Intro :

G#
We come on the sloop John B

My grandfather and me
D# D#sus4 D#
Around Nassau town we did roam
G# G#7
Drinking all night
C# A#m
Got into a fight
G#
Well I feel so broke up
D# G#
I want to go home

G#
So hoist up the John B’s sail

See how the mainsail sets

Call for the captain ashore
D# D#sus4 D# G# G#7
Let me go home, let me go home
C# A#m
I wanna go home, yeah yeah
G#
Well, I feel so broke up
D# G#
I wanna go home

G#
The first mate he got drunk

And broke in the capn’s trunk
D# D#sus4 D#
The constable had to come and take him away
G# G#7
Sheriff John Stone
C# A#m
Why don’t you leave me alone, yeah yeah
G# D# G#
Well, I feel so broke up I wanna go home

G#
So hoist up the John B’s sail (host up the John B)

See how the mainsail sets (see how the mainsail)

Call for the captain ashore
D# D#sus4 D#
Let me go home, let me go home
G#
I wanna go home, let me go home,
C#
why don't you let me go home?

Hoist up the John B, Hoist up the John B
G#
Well, I feel so broke up
D# G#
I wanna go home

G#
The poor cook he caught the fits

And threw away all my grits
D# D#sus4 D#
And then he took and he ate up all of my corn
G# G#7
Let me go home
C# A#m
Why don’t they let me go home?
G# D# G#
This is the worst trip I’ve ever been on

G#
So hoist up the John B’s sail
(host up the John B)

See how the mainsail sets
(see how the mainsail)

Call for the captain ashore
D# D#sus4 D# G# G#7
Let me go home, let me go home
C# A#m
I wanna go home, yeah yeah
G#
Well, I feel so broke up
D# G#
I wanna go home


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