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[Verse 1]
   G                 C    G
We come on the sloop John B
                C   G
My grand-father and me
           C   G           D   D7
Around Nas-sau town we did roam.
             G     G7
Drinkin’ all night,
           C
Got into a fight.
        G
Well, I feel so break up,
D D7        G    C  G
I wanna’ go home.


[Chorus]
    G                 C    G
So, hoist up the John B sail,
                 C      G
See how the main-sail’s set.
                     C G                D   D7
Call for the captain a-shore, let me go home.
          G     G7
Let me go home,
            C
I wanna’ go home.
        G
Well, I feel so break up,
D D7        G    C  G
I wanna’ go home.


[Verse 2]
G              C   G
First Mate, he got drunk,
                 C     G
Broke up the peo-ple’s trunk.
              C  G                 D   D7
Constable had to come and take him away.
             G     G7
Sheriff John Stone,
                         C
Why don’t you leave me a-lone?
        G
Well, I feel so break up,
D D7        G    C  G
I wanna’ go home.


[Chorus]
    G                 C    G
So, hoist up the John B sail,
                 C   G
See how the main-s’l sets.
                     C G                D   D7
Call for the captain a-shore, let me go home.
          G     G7
Let me go home,
            C
I wanna’ go home.
        G
Well, I feel so break up,
D D7        G    C  G
I wanna’ go home.


[Verse 3]
      G                       C   G
Well, the poor cook he caught the fits,
               C  G
Throw away all my grits.
                 C  G                D   D7
Then he took and he ate up all of my corn.
          G     G7
Let me go home,
            C
I wanna’ go home,
     G
This is the worst trip,
D     D7        G   C  G
Since I’ve been born.


[Chorus]
    G                 C    G
So, hoist up the John B sail,
                 C   G
See how the main-s’l sets.
                     C G                D   D7
Call for the captain a-shore, let me go home.
          G     G7
Let me go home,
            C
I wanna’ go home.
        G
Well, I feel so break up,
D D7        G    C  G
I wanna’ go home.