[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
[BPM 135 - Intro D/A = 557775 D/C# = 9x777x OR x00232 AND x40232 FOR FULLER SOUND IN CHORUSES] [Riff x 4 - No drums for 1st then backward beat] Emaj then play low E muted with 6th then 7th on A D 2-2--------- A 2-2--2-4-5-- E 0-0--X-X-X--
[Chorus - Normal drums - D/A - x00232, D/C# - x40232] [E] I can't get no [A] satisfaction [E] I can't get no [A] satisfaction, Cause I [E] try, and I [B7] try, and I [E] try, and I [A] try. I can't [E] get no, [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] I can't [D/C#] [E] get no - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] When I'm [D/C#]
[Verse] [E] drivin' in my car [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#] And that [E] man comes on the radio [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#] And he's [E] tellin' me more and [D/A] more [D/A] - [D/A] about [D/C#] some [E] useless informa [D/A] tion [D/A] - [D/A] Supposed [D/C#] to [E] fire my imaginat [D/A] ion [D/A] - [D/A] I can't [D/C#] [E] get no. [D/A][D/A][D/A] Oh, no, [D/C#] no, no
[Chord stop - just backward drums for 2 bars then chords back in] Hey, hey, hey [E][D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - that's what I [D/C#] say. [E][D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#]
[Chorus - Normal drums] [E] I can't get no [A] satisfaction [E] I can't get no [A] satisfaction, Cause I [E] try, and I [B7] try, and I [E] try, and I [A] try. I can't [E] get no, [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#] I can't [E] get no - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] When [D/C#] I'm
[Verse] [E] watchin' my [D/A] TV [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#] And that [E] man comes on to [D/A] tell me - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#] How [E] white my shirts can be [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#] Well, he [E] can't be a man 'cause he [D/A] does [D/A] n't [D/A] smoke [D/C#] the [E] same cigarettes [D/A] as me [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#] I can't [E] get no. [D/A][D/A][D/A] Oh, no, [D/C#] no, no
[Chord stop - just backward drums for 2 bars then chords back in] Hey, hey, hey [E][D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - that's what I [D/C#] say. [E][D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#]
[Chorus - Normal drums] [E] I can't get no [A] satisfaction [E] I can't get no [A] satisfaction, Cause I [E] try, and I [B7] try, and I [E] try, and I [A] try. I can't [E] get no, [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#] I can't [E] get no - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#]
[Verse] When I'm [E] ridin' 'round the [D/A] world [D/A][D/A] And [D/C#] I'm [E] doin' this and I'm [D/A] sign [D/A] in' [D/A] that [D/C#] And I'm [E] tryin' to make some girl [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#] Who tells me, [E] baby, better come back [D/A] later [D/A] next week, [D/A][D/C#] 'cos you [E] see I'm on a [D/A] losing [D/A][D/A] streak [D/C#] I can't [E] get no. [D/A][D/A][D/A] Oh, no, [D/C#] no, no
[Chord stop - just backward drums for 2 bars then chords back in] Hey, hey, hey [E][D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - that's what I [D/C#] say. [E][D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#]
[Chorus] I can't [E] get no, [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#] I can't [E] get no. [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/C#] I can't [E] get no [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - satis [D/C#] [E] faction [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - no satis [D/C#] [E] faction [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - no satis [D/C#] [E] faction [D/A] - [D/A] - [D/A] - no satis [D/C#]
