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Beach Boys-Sloop John B


[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

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