I Want To Go Home (aka Sloop John B) Recorded by Johnny Cash Written by Brian Wilson C We sailed on the ship John B my grandfather and me G7 Around Nassau town we did roam C F Drinking all night got into a fight C G7 C Well I feel so homesick I wanna go home So hoist up the John B sail see how the mainsail sets G7 Call for the captain ashore let me go home C F Let me go home why don't you let me go home C G7 C Well I feel so homesick I wanna go home The first mate he got drunk broke up the people's trunk G7 Constable had to come and take him away C F Sheriff John Stone why don't you leave me alone C G7 C Well I feel so homesick I wanna go home Then the cook he caught the fits threw out all of my grits G7 Then he took and ate up all of my corn C F Let me go home why don't you let me go home C G7 C Well this is the worst trip since I have been born Repeat #2