Intro: C5 

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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
G5          C5
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
E5        G5
Let me go home
G5          C5
I wanna go home 
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Well let me go home
D5     C5                G5
Well I feel so broke up
G5          C5
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 alone
D5     C5                 G5
Well I feel so broke up
G5          C5 
I wanna go home


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So hoist up the John B's sails
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See how the mainsail sets
C5                      E5
Call for the captain ashore
E5        G5
Let me go home
G5          C5
I wanna go home


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Well let me go home
D5     C5                G5
Well I feel so broke up
G5          C5
I wanna go home

Solo: 
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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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And 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
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Well this is the worst trip   I've ever been on
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I said this is the worst trip   I've ever been on


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We come on the Sloop John B
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We come on the Sloop John B 
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My grandfather and me


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We come on the Sloop John B
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We come on the Sloop John B  (2x)
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We come on the Sloop John B
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My grandfather and me