[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
Harmonica is - Vocal Patches - - - [Verse 1] [G] We're caught in a trap; [C] I can't walk out [D] because I love [C] you too much, [G] baby. [G] Why can't you see, [C] what you're doing to me, [D] when you don't believ [C] e a word I [D] say? [C][Bm][D7]
[Chorus] [C] We can't go on [G] together [Bm] , with Suspicious Mi [C] nds; [D] [Em] and we can't buil [Bm] d our dreams [C] , on Suspicious [D] Minds. [D7]
[Verse 2] [G] So, if an old friend I know, [C] drops by to say hello, [D] would I still se [C] e suspicion [G] in your eyes? [G] Here we go again, [C] asking where I've been. [D] You can see these tear [C] s are real I'm c [D] rying. [C][Bm][D7]
[Chorus] [C] We can't go on [G] together [Bm] , with Suspicious Mi [C] nds; [D7] [Em] and we can't buil [Bm] d our dreams, [C] on Suspicious [B7sus4] Minds... [B7]
[Em] Oh, let our [Bm] love survive, [C] I'll dry the [D] tears from your eyes. [Em] Let's don't let a [Bm] good thing die, [C] when honey, you [D] know I've never, [G] lied to you; [C] Mmm, [G] yeah, [D7] yeah!
[Verse 3] [G] We're caught in a trap; [C] I can't walk out [D] because I love [C] you too much, [G] baby. [G] Why can't you see, [C] what you're doing to me, [D] when you don't believ [C] e a word I [G] say? [C][G][C]
[Outro] Don't you know... [G] I'm caught in a trap; [C] I can't walk out [D] because I love [C] you too much, [G] baby [C][G][C]
