Sloop John B    (intro) (midi)

 

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1. We come on the sloop John B, my grandfather and me,

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    around Nassau town we do roam.

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    Drinking all night,          got into a fight,

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    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.

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Let me go home,        I wanna go home, yeah yeah.

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Well I feel so broke up,        I wanna go home.

 

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2. 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.

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    Sheriff John Stone,     why don't you leave me alone, yeah yeah.

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    Well I feel so broke up,      I wanna go home.

 

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3. 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.     + CHORUS ......

 

(capo 1st)              

 

    (The Beach Boys)