[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
[Intro BPM 118 - Could transition to Angel Of Harlem halfway through?] C F x 4 - Just Guido
[Verse] I'm [C] free to [F] do what I [C] want [F] any old [C] time [F][C][F] I'm [C] free to [F] do what I [C] want [F] any old [C] time [F][C][F]
[Chorus] - Drums are xSSS So [C] love [G] me, (drums) [F] hold [C] me, [C] love [G] me, (drums) [Bb] hold [F] m I'm [C] free [F] any old [C] time to [F] get what I [C] want [F][C][F]
[Verse] I'm [C] free to [F] sing my [C] song [F] knowing it [C] gets [F] out of [C] time [F] I'm [C] free to [F] sing my [C] song knowing it [C] gets [F] out of [C] time [F]
[Chorus] So [C] love [G] me, (drums) [F] hold [C] me, [C] love [G] me, (drums) [Bb] hold [F] m Cause I'm [C] free [F] any old [C] time to [F] get what I [C] want [F][C][F]
[Harp - C F x 8]
[Chorus] So [C] love [G] me, (drums) [F] hold [C] me, [C] love [G] me, (drums) [Bb] hold [F] m I'm [C] free [F] any old [C] time to [F] get what I [C] want [F][C][F]
[Verse] I'm [C] free to [F] choose who I [C] please [F] any old [C] time [F][C][F] I'm [C] free to [F] please who I [C] choose [F] any old [C] time [F][C][F]
[Chorus] So [C] hold [G] me, (drums) [F] love [C] me, [C] love [G] me, (drums) [Bb] hold [F] m I'm [C] free [F] any old [C] time to [F] get what I [C] want [F][C][F]
