Sloop John B (midi)

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1. We come on the sloop John B, my grandfather and me,

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around Nassau town we do roam.

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Drinking all night, got into a fight,

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Well I feel so broke up, I wanna go home.

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So hoist up the John B's sail, see how the mainsail sets,

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call for the Captain ashore, let me go home.

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Let me go home, I wanna go home, yeah yeah.

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Well I feel so broke up, I wanna go home.

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2. The first mate he got drunk, and broke in the Captain's trunk,

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the constable had to come and take him away.

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Sheriff John Stone, why don't you leave me alone, yeah yeah.

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Well I feel so broke up, I wanna go home.

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3. The poor cook he caught the fits, and threw away all my grits,

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

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Let me go home, why don't they let me go home.

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This is the worst trip, I've ever been on. + CHORUS ......

(orig. = capo 1st) (The Beach Boys)