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


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


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The first mate he got drunk
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Broke in the captain's trunk
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The 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 so alone, yeah, yeah
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Well I feel so broke up
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I wanna go home


D5                               D5
So hoist up the John B's sails
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See how the mainsail sets
D5
Call for the captain ashore
D5         A5     A5 A5
Let me go home
A5          D5    D5
I wanna go home
D5                        G5           E5
Why don't they let me go home, yeah, yeah
E5      D5                A5
Well, I feel so broke up
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I wanna go home


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


D5                              D5
So hoist up the John B's sails
D5                         D5
See how the mainsail sets
D5                     
Call for the captain ashore
D5         A5    A5 A5
Let me go home
A5          D5    D5 D5
I wanna go home
D5                        G5           E5
Why don't they let me go home, yeah, yeah
E5        D5                 A5
Well this is the worst trip  
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I've ever been on

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D5                                 D5
The poor cook he caught the fits
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And threw away all my grits
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Then he took and he ate up all of my corn
A5          D5    D5 D5
I wanna go home
D5                        G5           E5
Why don't they let me go home, yeah, yeah
E5        D5            A5
Well this is the worst trip 
A5              D5  D5 D5
I've ever been on


D5                              D5
So hoist up the John B's sails
D5                          D5
See how the mainsail sets
D5
Call for the captain ashore
D5         A5    A5 A5
Let me go home
A5          D5    D5 D5
I wanna go home
D5                        G5           E5
Why don't they let me go home, yeah, yeah
E5        D5                 A5
Well this is the worst trip 
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I've ever been on


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