Intro: C 

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


C
So hoist up the John B's sail
C
See how the mainsail sets
C                      Em
Call for the captain ashore
Em        G
Let me go home
G          C
I wanna go home 
C              F  Dm
Well let me go home
Dm     C                G
Well I feel so broke up
G          C
I wanna go home


C
The first mate he got drunk
C
Broke in the captain's trunk
C                    Em                 G
The constable had to come and take him away
G            C
Sheriff John Stone
C                       F    Dm
Why don't you leave me alone
Dm     C                 G
Well I feel so broke up
G          C 
I wanna go home


C
So hoist up the John B's sails
C
See how the mainsail sets
C                      Em
Call for the captain ashore
Em        G
Let me go home
G          C
I wanna go home


C              F  Dm
Well let me go home
Dm     C                G
Well I feel so broke up
G          C
I wanna go home

Solo: 
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D
The poor cook he caught the fits
D
And threw away all my grits
D                       F#m              A
And then he took and he ate up all of my corn
A          D
I wanna go home
D                        G    Em
Why don't they let me go home
Em        D                 A                D
Well this is the worst trip   I've ever been on
D                             A                D
I said this is the worst trip   I've ever been on


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


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