SLOOP
JOHN B
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SLOOP
JOHN B |
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| Written by | Traditional
(Brian
Wilson is responsible for The
Beach Boys version) |
Originally performed by |
??? but The
Beach Boys covered it in 1966 |
| The Gimmes version also includes | The intro is from
the Ramones'
song "Teenage Lobotomy". |
| Misc. | Track 2 of "Blow In The Wind" (2001). In the third verse, the "fits" turned into "shits". Learn more about this
song here. |
| Tabs | Bass
tab (from www.jiihootabs.cjb.net). |
Lyrics :
Sloop John B.
Sloop John B.
Sloop John B.
Sloop John B.
We come on the sloop John B.
Grandfather and me
Around Nassau Town we did roam
Drinking all night
Got into a fight
Well I feel so broke up, I wanna go home
The first mate he got drunk
Broke in the captain's bunk
The constable had to come and take him away
Sheriff John Stone
Why don't you leave me alone?
Well I feel so broke up, I wanna go home
So hoist up the John B's sail
See how the mainsail sets
Call for the captain ashore
Let me go home, let me go home
I wanna go home, yeah, yeah
I feel so broke up, I wanna go home
The poor cook he caught the shits
Threw away all my grits
And then he took and ate up all of my corn
Let me go home (let me go home) (hoist up the John B's sail)
Why don't they let me go home? (hoist up the John B's sail)
This is the worst trip I've ever been on
So hoist up the John B's sail
See how the mainsail sets
Call for the captain ashore
Let me go home, let me go home
I really wanna go home
I feel so broke up, I wanna go home (i wanna go home)
I wanna go home (i wanna go home)
I wanna go home