The Kingston Trio – Sloop John B (Ukulele)

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[Verse 1]
C                    Csus4 C              Csus4 C
We come on the Sloop John B, my grandfather and me.

                           G7 - G7sus4 - G7  
Around Nassau town we did roam,

             C - C7                F
Drinking all night, Got into a fight,

       C                 G7         C
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 2]
C             Csus4 - C                    Csus4 - C
First Mate, he got drunk, broke up the people's trunk,

                           G7 - G7sus4 - G7      
Constable had to come and take him away.

             C - C7                F
Sheriff John Stone, why don't you leave me alone?

       C                 G7         C
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]
C             Csus4 - C                      Csus4 - C  
The poor cook he caught the fits, threw away all my grits,

                           G7 - G7sus4 - G7      
Then he took and ate up all of my corn.

             C - C7                F
Let me go home, I wanta go home,

       C                 G7         C
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.