G
We come on the sloop John B

My grandfather and me
                          D
Around Nassau town we did roam
             G     G7
Drinking all night
           C    Am
Got into a fight
       G
Well I feel so broke up
D            G
I want to go home

   G
So hoist up the John B’s sail

See how the mainsail sets

Call for the captain ashore
          D               G   G7
Let me go home, let me go home
           C          Am
I wanna go home, yeah yeah
       G
Well I feel so broke up
D          G
I wanna go home

    G
The first mate he got drunk

And broke in the capn’s trunk
                                        D
The constable had to come and take him away
             G    G7
Sheriff John Stone
                        C          Am
Why don’t you leave me alone, yeah yeah
       G                  D        G
Well I feel so broke up I wanna go home

   G
So hoist up the John B’s sail

See how the mainsail sets

Call for the captain ashore
          D               G   G7
Let me go home, let me go home
           C          Am
I wanna go home, yeah yeah
       G
Well I feel so broke up
D          G
I wanna go home

    G
The poor cook he caught the fits

And threw away all my grits
                                         D
And then he took and he ate up all of my corn
          G   G7
Let me go home
                         C    Am
Why don’t they let me go home
     G                 D              G
This is the worst trip I’ve ever been on

   G
So hoist up the John B’s sail

See how the mainsail sets

Call for the captain ashore
          D               G   G7
Let me go home, let me go home
           C          Am
I wanna go home, yeah yeah
       G
Well I feel so broke up
D          G
I wanna go home

* Alternate:

Capo VI

G  = D
D  = A
G7 = D7
C  = G
Am = Em