We [C] come on the sloop [Csus] John B

My [C] grandfather and me

Around Nassau town we did [G7] roam[G7sus]

Drinking all [C] night [C7] got into a [F] fight

Well I [C] feel so broke up [G7] I want to go [C] home

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So [C] hoist up the John B’s sail See how the mainsail sets

Call for the captain ashore let me go [G7] home,

Let me go [C] home [C7]

I wanna go [F] home, yeah (Dm) yeah

Well I [C] feel so broke up [G7] I wanna go [C] home

[C]The first mate he got drunk

And broke in the cap’n’s trunk

The constable had to come and take him [G]away

Sheriff John [C]Stone

Why don’t you leave me [F]alone

[C]Well I feel so broke up I [G]wanna go [C]home

[C]Hoist up the John B....

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I feel so broke up I [G]wanna go [C]home

[G]Let me go ho[c]me