E D Please allow me to introduce myself A E I'm a man of wealth and taste E D I've been around for a long, long year A E Stole many a man's soul and faith
E D And I was 'round when Jesus Christ A E Had his moment of doubt and pain D Made damn sure that Pilate A E Washed his hands and sealed his fate
B Pleased to meet you E Hope you guess my name B But what's puzzling you E Is the nature of my game
E D I stuck around St. Petersburg A E When I saw it was a time for a change D Killed the Czar and his ministers A E Anastasia screamed in vain
E I rode a tank D Held a general's rank A When the Blitzkrieg raged E And the bodies stank
B Pleased to meet you E Hope you guess my name B But what's puzzling you E Is the nature of my game E I watched with glee D While your kings and queens A Fought for ten decades E For the Gods they made
E I shouted out D "Who killed the Kennedys?" A When after all E It was you and me
E D Let me please introduce myself A E I'm a man of wealth and taste D And I laid traps for troubadours A E Who get killed before they reached Bombay
B Pleased to meet you E Hope you guess my name B But what's puzzling you E Is the nature of my game oh yeah, get down, baby
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B Pleased to meet you E Hope you guess my name B But what's puzzling you E Is the nature of my game
E D Just as every cop is a criminal A E And all the sinners saints
As heads is tails D Just call me Lucifer A E 'Cause I'm in need of some restraint
E So if you meet me D Have some courtesy A E Have some sympathy, and some taste D Use all your well-learned politesse A E Or I'll lay your soul to waste, um yeah
B Pleased to meet you E Hope you guess my name B But what's puzzling you E Is the nature of my game um baby, get down
Woo, who Oh yeah, get on down Oh yeah Oh yeah! Tell me baby, what's my name Tell me honey, baby guess my name Tell me baby, what's my name I tell you one time, you're to blame Ooo, who Ooo, who Ooo, who Ooo, who, who Ooo, who, who Ooo, who, who Ooo, who, who Oh, yeah What's my name Tell me, baby, what's my name Tell me, sweetie, what's my name Ooo, who, who Ooo, who, who Ooo, who, who Ooo, who, who Ooo, who, who Ooo, who, who Ooo, who, who Oh, yeah
[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
