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[Verse 1]
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We come on the sloop John B
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My grand-father and me
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Around Nas-sau town we did roam.
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Drinkin’ all night,
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Got into a fight.
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Well, I feel so break up,
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I wanna’ go home.
[Chorus]
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So, hoist up the John B sail,
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See how the main-sail’s set.
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Call for the captain a-shore, let me go home.
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Let me go home,
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I wanna’ go home.
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Well, I feel so break up,
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I wanna’ go home.
[Verse 2]
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First Mate, he got drunk,
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Broke up the peo-ple’s trunk.
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Constable had to come and take him away.
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Sheriff John Stone,
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Why don’t you leave me a-lone?
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Well, I feel so break up,
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I wanna’ go home.
[Chorus]
G C G
So, hoist up the John B sail,
C G
See how the main-s’l sets.
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Call for the captain a-shore, let me go home.
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Let me go home,
C
I wanna’ go home.
G
Well, I feel so break up,
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I wanna’ go home.
[Verse 3]
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Well, the poor cook he caught the fits,
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Throw away all my grits.
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Then he took and he ate up all of my corn.
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Let me go home,
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I wanna’ go home,
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This is the worst trip,
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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.
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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.
