Tablature sloop john b - The Beach Boys

          



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                               "Sloop John B"

                  (traditional, arranged by Brian Wilson)

  

  Intro:

  

  	(flute doubled with glockenspiel, arr. for guitar)

  

  	 v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v

  	-8---------------|-------9-8-------

  	-----------------|-----------9-----

  	-----------------|-------------6---

  	-----------------|-----------------

  	-----------------|-----------------

  	-----------------|-----------------

  

  Verse 1:

  

  	    Ab

  	We come on the sloop John B

  	My grandfather and me

  	                          Eb

  	Around Nassau town we do roam

  	              Ab

  	Drinking all night

  	            Db    /C Bbm

  	Got into a fight

  	        Ab

  	Well I feel so broke up

  	Bbm    Eb       Ab

  	    I wanna go home

  

  Chorus (chord progression same as verses):

  

  	So hoist up the John B's sail [2: (hoist up the John B's sail)]

  	See how the mainsail sets [2: (see how the mainsail sets)]

  	Call for the Captain ashore, let me go home [2: (let me go home)]

  	Let me go home

  	I wanna go home, yeah yeah

  	Well I feel so broke up

  	I wanna go home

  

  Verse 2:

  

  	The first mate he got drunk

  	And broke in the Captain's trunk

  	The constable had to come and take him away

  	Sheriff John Stone

  	Why don't you leave me alone, yeah yeah

  	Well I feel so broke up

  	I wanna go home

  

  [repeat chorus w/acapella break]:

  

  	          [N.C.]

  	I wanna go home, let me go home

  	                          (Hoist up the John B's sail)

  	Why don't you let me go home

  	                        (Hoist up the John B's sail)

  	                                              (Hoist up the John B)

  

  	(instruments re-enter)

  

  	I feel so broke up

  	I wanna go home (Let me go home)

  

  Verse 3:

  

  	The poor cook he caught the fits

  	And threw away all my grits

  	And then he took and he ate up all of my corn

  	Let me go [double-time] home

  	Why don't they let me go home

  	This is the worst trip

  	I've ever been on

  

  [repeat chorus to fade]

  

  

  -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

   


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