Dwight Yoakam – Sloop John B (Guitar)

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G - Fingerpicking recommended till chorus [Intro] G [Verse 1]
   G
We come on the Sloop John B

   G
My grandfather and me

 G                         D
Around Nassau town we did roam

              G
Drinking all night

           C  G/B  Am
Got into a fight, oh

        G
Yeah, I feel so broke up

D             G
  I wanna go home
[Chorus]
   G
So hoist up the John B's sail (Hoist up the John B's sail)

G
See how the main sail sets (See how the main sail sets)

G
Call for the Captain ashore

           D                 G
Let me go home, oh let me go home

           C   G/B   Am
I wanna go home, oh yeah

      G
Oh, I feel so broke up

D            G
  I wanna go home
[Verse 2]
    G
The first mate he got drunk

    G
And broke in the Captain's bunk

    G                                   D
The constable had to come and take him away

             G
Sheriff John Stone

                        C   G/B    Am
Why don't you leave me alone, what yeah

        G
Well, I feel so broke up

D            G
  I wanna go home
[Chorus]
G
Hoist up the John B's sail (Hoist up the John B's sail)

G
See how the main sail sets (See how the main sail sets)

G
Call for the Captain ashore

          D                  G
Let me go home, oh let me go home

                        C   G/B    Am
Why don't you let me go home, what yeah

      G
And I feel so broke up

D            G
  I wanna go home
[Instrumental] | G | G | G | G | | G | G | D | D | | G | G | C G/B | Am | | G | D | G | G [Verse 3]
         G
The poor cook he caught the fits

G
Threw away all my grits

G                                    D
Then he took and he ate up all of my corn

          G
Let me go home

                         C    G/B  Am
Why don't they let me go home, oh yeah

     G
This is the worst trip

D                G
  I've ever been on (oh)
[Chorus]
G
Hoist up the John B's sail (Hoist up the John B's sail)

G
See how the main sail sets (See how the main sail sets)

G
Call for the Captain ashore

          D                        G
Let me go home (oh woh), let me go home

           C    G/B  Am
I wanna go home, oh yeah

     G
This is the worst trip

D                G
  I've ever been on
[Outro]
         G
Oh, this here is the worst trip

D                G
  I've ever been on

         G
Oh, this here is the worst trip

D                G
  I've ever been on
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