Sloop John B Cifras

[Intro]
 
(flute doubled with glockenspiel, arr. for guitar)
 
   v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
e|-8---------------|-------9-8-------|
B|-----------------|-----------9-----|
G|-----------------|-------------6---|
D|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|
 
[Verse 1]
   Ab
We come on the sloop John B
Ab
My grandfather and me
                         Eb
Around Nassau town we do roam
             Ab
Drinking all night
           Db
Got into a fight
Dbm    Ab
Well I feel so broke up
Eb          Ab      Ab
 I wanna go home
 
[Chorus]
Ab
So hoist up the John B's sail
Ab
See how the mainsail sets
                                       Eb
Call for the Captain ashore, let me go home 
    Eb7   Ab
Let me go home
           Db          Bbm
I wanna go home, yeah, yeah
       Ab
Well I feel so broke up
Bbm   Eb7   Ab
 I wanna go home (duddudud, dudduddud, duddudud)
 
[Verse 2]
Ab
The first mate he got drunk
Ab
And broke in the Captain's trunk
                                        Eb
The constable had to come and take him away
             Ab
Sheriff John Stone
                        Db          Bbm
Why don't you leave me alone, yeah, yeah
       Ab
Well I feel so broke up
Bbm7  Eb    Ab
 I wanna go home
 
[Chorus]
Ab
Go hoist up the John B's sail (hoist up the John B)
Ab
See how the mainsail sets (see how the mainsail)
                                       Eb
Call for the Captain ashore, let me go home (let me go home)
           N.C.
I wanna go home (let me go home)
N.C.
Why don't you let me go home (hoist up the John B, hoist up the John B)
  Ab
I feel so broke up
Bbm   Eb    Ab
 I wanna go home (let me go home, the John B)
 
[Verse 3]
Ab
The poor cook he caught the fits
               Eb     Ab
And threw away all my grits
                                         Eb
And then he took and he ate up all of my corn
                        Ab
Let me go [double-time] home
                         Db          Bbm
Why don't they let me go home? (aha, ooh) (next single time again)
     Ab
This is the worst trip
Eb              Ab
 I've ever been on
 
[Outro] (double time but gradually fading till the middle to follow recording)
Ab
Go hoist up the John B's sail (hoist up the John B)
Ab
See how the mainsail sets (see how the mainsail)
                                       Eb
Call for the Captain ashore, let me go home (let me go home)
           Ab
I wanna go home (let me go home)
Ab
Why don't you let me go home
Ab
I feel so broke up
Bbm   Eb    Ab
 I wanna go home
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