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We [[ch]D[/ch]]come on the Sloop John B, my grandfather and me.
Around Nassau town we did [[ch]A7[/ch]]roam,
Drinking all [[ch]D[/ch]]night, Got into a [[ch]G[/ch]]fight,
Well I [[ch]D[/ch]]feel so break up, [[ch]A7[/ch]]I wanna go [[ch]D[/ch]]home.


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     So [[ch]D[/ch]]hoist up the John B sail, see how the mains'l sets,
     Call for the captain ashore, let me go [[ch]A[/ch]]home.
     Let me go [[ch]D[/ch]]home, I wanna go [[ch]G[/ch]]home,
     Well I [[ch]D[/ch]]feel so break up, [[ch]A7[/ch]]I wanna go [[ch]D[/ch]]home.


First Mate, he got drunk, broke up the people's trunk,
Constable had to come and take him away.
Sheriff John Stone, why don't you leave me alone?
Well I feel so break up, I wanna go home.

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The poor cook he caught the fits, he threw away all my grits,
Then he took and ate up all of my corn.
Let me go home, I wanna go home,
This is the worst trip I've ever been on.

     Chorus
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