Sloop John B
Relient K
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 do roam
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Drinking all night
DBm
Got into a fight, oh yeah
AE
I feel so broke up
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I want to go home
Chorus
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So hoist up the John B's sail
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See how the mainsail sets
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Call for the Captain ashore
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Let me go home, (let me go home)
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I wanna go home
DBm
Why don't you let me go home (yeah)
AE
I feel so broke up
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I wanna go home
Verse 2
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The first mate he got drunk
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And broke up the peoples trunk
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Constable had to come and take him away
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Sheriff John Stone
DBm
Why dont you leave me alone (oh yeah)
AE
I feel so broke up
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I wanna go home
Chorus
A
So hoist up the John B's sail
A
See how the mainsail sets
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Call for the Captain ashore
E
Let me go home, (let me go home)
A
I wanna go home
DBm
Why don't you let me go home (yeah)
AE
I feel so broke up
A
I wanna go home
Verse 3
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The cook, yeah he caught the fits
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And threw away all my grits
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And then he came and he ate up all of my corn
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Let me go home
DBm
Why won't you let me go home, oh yeah
AEA
This is the worst trip since I've been born
Chorus
A
So hoist up the John B's sail
A
See how the mainsail sets
A
Call for the Captain ashore
E
Let me go home, (let me go home)
A
I wanna go home
DBm
Why don't you let me go home (yeah)
AE
I feel so broke up
A
I wanna go home