[Verse 1] [Em] Nights in white [D] satin, [Em] never reaching the [D] end, [C] Letters I've [G] written, [F] never meaning to [Em] send. [Em] Beauty I've [D] always missed, [Em] with these eyes be [D] fore, [C] Just what the [G] truth is, [F] I can't say any [Em] more
[Chorus] 'Cos I [A] love you, yes I [C] love you, oh, how I [Em] love yo [D] u. [Em][D]
[Verse 2 - Play SR1 with every D] [Em] Gazing at [D] people, [Em] some hand in [D] hand, [C] Just what I'm [G] going through, [F] they can't under [Em] stand. [Em] Some try to [D] tell me, [Em] thoughts they cannot [D] defend, [C] Just what you [G] want to be, [F] you'll be in the [Em] end.
[Chorus] And I [A] love you, yes I [C] love you, oh, how I [Em] love yo [D] u. [Em][D][Em] (Bass stop then snare stop)
[Solo - Finger pick chords] (No drums) - Em D C B7 (Drums in) - Em D C B7 Em C Em C Am B Am B7 Em D C Em D Em D
[Verse 3 - Play SR1 with every D] [Em] Nights in white [D] satin, [Em] never reaching the [D] end, [C] Letters I've [G] written, [F] never meaning to [Em] send. [Em] Beauty I've [D] always missed, [Em] with these eyes be [D] fore, [C] Just what the [G] truth is, [F] I can't say any [Em] more
[Chorus x 2] 'Cos I [A] love you, yes I [C] love you, oh, how I [Em] love yo [D] u. [Em][D][Em] 'Cos I [A] love you, yes I [C] love you, oh, how I [Em] love yo [D] u. [Em][D][Em]
[End - forget orchestral bit :-)]
[Notes] [String riff 1 - SR1] E --2 3 2 0 ------------------------------------------------ B ----------2---------------------------------------- G -------------------------------------------------- D -------------------------------------------------- A -------------------------------------------------- E Essentially strum D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D5 (mute high E)
[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