Beach Boys-Sloop John B
[Intro - no drums - starting note is open B of G chord]
We [G] come on the sloop John B
My grandfather and me
Around Nassau town we did [D] roam [Dsus4] [D]
Drinking all [G] night [G7]
Got into a [C] fight [Am]
Well I [G] feel so broke up
[D] I want to go [G] home (drums in)
So [G] hoist up the John B's sail
See how the mainsail sets
Call for the captain ashore
Let me go [D] home, let me go [G] home [G7]
I wanna go [C] home, yeah [Am] yeah
Well I [G] feel so broke up
[D] I wanna go [G] home
The [G] first mate he got drunk
And broke in the capn's trunk
The constable had to come and take him a [D] way [Dsus4] [D]
Sheriff John [G] Stone [G7]
Why don't you leave me a [C] lone, yeah [Am] yeah
Well I [G] feel so broke up I [D] wanna go [G] home
So [G] 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
Let me go [D] home, let me go [D] home
I wanna go [G] home, let me go home, why don't you let me go [C] home?
Hoist up the John B, Hoist up the John B
Well I [G] feel so broke up
[D] I wanna go [G] home
The [G] poor cook he caught the fits
And threw away all my grits
And then he took and he ate up all of my [D] corn [Dsus4] [D]
Let me go [G] home [G7]
Why don't they let me go [C] home [Am]
This [G] is the worst trip [D] I've ever been [G] on
So [G] 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
Let me go [D] home, let me go [G] home [G7]
I wanna go [C] home, yeah [Am] yeah
Well I [G] feel so broke up
[D] I wanna go [G] home