SLOOP JOHN B (Beach Boys)


Capo fret 1


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We come on the sloop John  B  my grandfather and me
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Around Nassau town we do roam drinking all night
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Got into a fight      well I feel so broke up    I wanna go home


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So hoist up the John B's sail see how the mainsail sets 
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Call for the Captain ashore, let me go home let me go home
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I wanna go home, yeah yeah well I feel so broke up   I wanna go home


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The first mate he got drunk and broke in the Captain's trunk
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The constable had to come and take him away Sheriff John Stone
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Why don't you leave me alone, yeah yeah 
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well I feel so broke up    I wanna go home


     G                      
So hoist up the John B's sail (Hoist up the John B's sail)

see how the mainsail sets (see how the mainsail sets)
                                        D
Call for the Captain ashore, let me go home let me go home
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I wanna go home, let me go home
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(Hoist I wanna go home)
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                  Ho____________________________me

                       (Hoist up the John B's sail)

                                              (Hoist up the John B)

   G                D              G     
I feel so broke up     I wanna go home
        

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The poor cook he caught the fits and threw away all my grits
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And then he took and he ate up all of my corn
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Let me go home why don't they let me go home
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This is the worst trip   I've ever been on


(FADE OUT)

     G                      
So hoist up the John B's sail (Hoist up the John B's sail)

See how the mainsail sets (see how the mainsail sets)
                                        D
Call for the Captain ashore, let me go home let me go home
            G            
I wanna go home ...