tonalidad: Ab (forma de los acordes en la tonalidad de G )
Afinación:
E A D G B E
Capo en el 1ª traste
[Intro] G
[Primeira Parte]
G G
We come on the Sloop John B. my grandfather and me
G D
Around Nassau Town we did roam
G C
Drinking all night, got into a fight
G D G
Well, I feel so broke up, I want to go home
[Refrão]
G G
So hoist up the John B's sail, see how the mainsail sets
G D
Call for the captain ashore, let me go home, let me go home
G C
I wanna go home, yeah, yeah
G D G
Well, I feel so broke up, I want go home
[Segunda Parte]
G
The first mate he got drunk, and broke in the capitan's trunk
G D
The constable had to come and take him away
G C
Sheriff John Stone, why don't you leave me alone? Yeah, yeah
G D G
Well, I feel so broke up, I want to go home
[Refrão]
G G
So hoist up the John B's sail, see how the mainsail sets
G D
Call for the captain ashore, let me go home, let me go home
G C
I wanna go home, let me go home
G
Hoist up the John B's sail
G D G
I feel so broke up, I wanna go home
[Terceira Parte]
G G
The poor cook, he caught the fits, and he threw away all my grits
G D
And then he took and he ate up all of my the corn
G C
Let me go home, why don't they let me go home? Yeah, yeah
G D G
This is the worst trip I've ever been on
[Refrão]
G G
So hoist up the John B's sail, see how the mainsail sets
G D
Call for the captain ashore, let me go home, let me go home
G C
I wanna go home, let me go home