Tom: C
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We come on the Sloop John B, my grandfather and me.
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Around Nassau town we did roam,
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Drinking all night, Got into a fight,
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Well I feel so break up, I wanta go home.
[Chorus]
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So hoist up the John B sail, see how the mains'l sets,
G7
Call for the captain ashore, let me go home.
C F
Let me go home, I wanta go home,
C G7 C
Well I feel so break up, I wanta go home.
[Verse 2]
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First Mate, he got drunk, broke up the people's trunk,
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Constable had to come and take him away.
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Sheriff John Stone, why don't you leave me alone?
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Well I feel so break up, I wanta go home.
[Chorus]
C Csus4 - C Csus4 - C
So hoist up the John B sail, see how the mains'l sets,
G7
Call for the captain ashore, let me go home.
C F
Let me go home, I wanta go home,
C G7 C
Well I feel so break up, I wanta go home.
[Verse 3]
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The poor cook he caught the fits, threw away all my grits,
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Then he took and ate up all of my corn.
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Let me go home, I wanta go home,
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This is the worst trip I've ever been on.
[Chorus]
C Csus4 - C Csus4 - C
So hoist up the John B sail, see how the mains'l sets,
G7
Call for the captain ashore, let me go home.
C F
Let me go home, I wanta go home,
C G7 C
Well I feel so break up, I wanta go home.
