Tono: A
Introducción: A A A4 A A4
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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
D Bm
Got into a fight, oh yeah
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I feel so brake up
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I wanna go home
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Hoist up the John B's sails
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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
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I wanna go home
D Bm
Why don't you let me go home, yeah!
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I feel so brake up
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I wanna go home
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First mate, he got drunk
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Broke up the people's trunk
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The constable had to come and take him away
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Sheriff John Stone
D Bm
Why don't you let me go home, yeah!
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Well I feel so brake up
E A A4A
I wanna go home
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Hoist up the John B's sails
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See how the mainsail sets
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Call for the captain ashore
E
Let me go home
A
I wanna go home
D Bm
Why don't you let me go home, yeah!
A
I feel so brake up
E A A4A
I wanna go home
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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
D Bm
Why won't they let me go home, woah yeah!
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This is the worst trip since I have been born
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Hoist up the John B's sails
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See how the mainsail sets
A
Call for the captain ashore
E
Let me go home
A
I wanna go home
D Bm
Why don't you let me go home, yeah!
A
I feel so brake up
E A A4A
I wanna go home
A
Hoist up the John B's sails
A
See how the mainsail sets
A
Call for the captain ashore
E
Let me go home
A
I wanna go home
D Bm
Why don't you let me go home, yeah!
A
I feel so brake up
E A A4A
I wanna go home
A
I feel so brake up
I wanna go home