Key: Ab (Ab harp in 1st position)
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VERSE 1:
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We come on the sloop John B.
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My grandfather and me
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Around Nassau town we-e did roam
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Drinkin' all night
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Got into a fight
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Well I feel so broke up
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I wanna go-o home
CHORUS:
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So hoist up the John B sail
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See how the main sail sets
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Call for the captain ashore, let me go home
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Let me go home
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I wanna go home, a-yeah yeah
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Well I feel so broke up
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I wanna go home
VERSE 2:
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The first mate, he go-ot drunk
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He 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
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Why don't you leave me alone, yeah yeah
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Well I feel so broke up
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I wanna go home
(CHORUS)
VERSE 3:
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The poor cook he caught the fits
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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
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Why don’t they let me go home
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This is the worst trip
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I've ever been on
(CHORUS)
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