Intro: D D4 D D4

D                           D4
We come on the Sloop John B
D                     D4
My grandfather and me
D                         A     A4 A 
Around Nassau town we did roam
A            D      D4
Drinking all night
D          G     Em
Got into a fight
Em     D                A
Well I feel so broke up
A          D      D4  D
I wanna go home

D                             D4
So hoist up the John B's sail
D                         D4
See how the mainsail sets
D
Call for the captain ashore
D         A    A4 A 
Let me go home
A          D    D4
I wanna go home 
D                        G           Em
Why don't they let me go home, yeah, yeah
Em     D                A
Well I feel so broke up
A          D     D4  D
I wanna go home

D                           D4
The first mate he got drunk
D                            D4
Broke in the captain's trunk
D                                      A     A4 A
The constable had to come and take him away
A             D    D4
Sheriff John Stone
D                          G           Em
Why don't you leave me so alone, yeah, yeah
Em     D                A
Well I feel so broke up
A          D    D D4
I wanna go home

D                               D4
So hoist up the John B's sails
D                          D4
See how the mainsail sets
D
Call for the captain ashore
D         A     A4 A
Let me go home
A          D    D4
I wanna go home
D                        G           Em
Why don't they let me go home, yeah, yeah
Em      D                A
Well, I feel so broke up
A          D    D4 D
I wanna go home

D                                D4
The poor cook he caught the fits
D                           D4
And threw away all my grits
D                                    A    A4 A
Then he took and he ate up all of my corn
A          D    D4 D
I wanna go home
D                        G           Em
Why don't they let me go home, yeah, yeah
Em        D                 A
Well this is the worst trip 
A              D  D4 D
I've ever been on

D                              D4
So hoist up the John B's sails
D                         D4
See how the mainsail sets
D                     
Call for the captain ashore
D         A    A4 A
Let me go home
A          D    D4 D
I wanna go home
D                        G           Em
Why don't they let me go home, yeah, yeah
Em        D                 A
Well this is the worst trip  
A              D  D4 D
I've ever been on

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D                                 D4
The poor cook he caught the fits
D                            D4
And threw away all my grits
D                                    A     
Then he took and he ate up all of my corn
A          D    D4 D
I wanna go home
D                        G           Em
Why don't they let me go home, yeah, yeah
Em        D            A
Well this is the worst trip 
A              D  D4 D
I've ever been on

D                              D4
So hoist up the John B's sails
D                          D4
See how the mainsail sets
D
Call for the captain ashore
D         A    A4 A
Let me go home
A          D    D4 D
I wanna go home
D                        G           Em
Why don't they let me go home, yeah, yeah
Em        D                 A
Well this is the worst trip 
A              D  D4 D
I've ever been on

D                                         A
I said, I said this is the worst trip 
A              D  D4 D
I've ever been on
D                             A
I said this is the worst trip 
A              D  D4 D
I've ever been on