[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
[Verse 1] [G] husband don't know [Em] what he's done [G] kids don't know what's [Em] wrong with Mum [G] she can't say, [Em] they can't see [G] putting it down to a [Em] nother bad day [G] daddy don't know what he's [Em] done [G] kids don't know whats [Em] wrong with Mum
[Chorus] [G] this is how it feels to be [B7] lonely [Em] this is how it feels to be [C] small [G] this is how it feels when your [D] word means nothing at [G] all [D]
[Verse 2] [G] black car drives [Em] through the town [G] some guy from the [Em] top estate [G] left a note for a [Em] local girl [G] yet he had it [Em] all on a plate
[Chorus] [G] this is how it feels to be [B7] lonely [Em] this is how it feels to be [C] small [G] this is how it feels when your [D] word means nothing at [G] all [D]
[Verse 3] [G] husband don't know [Em] what he's done [G] kids don't know what's [Em] wrong with Mum [G] she can't say, [Em] they can't see [G] putting it down to a [Em] nother bad day
[Chorus] yeah, [G] this is how it feels to be [B7] lonely [Em] this is how it feels to be [C] small [G] this is how it feels when your [D] word means nothing at [G] all [D]
[Chorus] yeah, [G] this is how it feels to be [B7] lonely [Em] this is how it feels to be [C] small [G] this is how it feels when your [D] word means nothing at [G] all [D]
[Outro] [G][Em] Nothing at [G] all [Em] [G][Em] Nothing at [G] all [Em]
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[Notes] [Intro] E --------------------- B ---4--4--4---4--4-4-- G --4--4------4--4----- D -4--4--4---6--6--6--- A --------------------- E ---------------------