A
We come on the sloop john b
A
My grandfather and me
A                         E 
Around nassau town we do roam
A
Drinking all night
             D        Bm
Got into a fight, oh yeah 
   A                 E
I feel so broke up
              A
I want to go home


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
                         D     Bm
Why don't you let me go home (yeah)
    A               E
I feel so broke up
             A
I wanna go home

Verse 2
A
The first mate he got drunk
A
And broke up the peoples trunk
A                                   E
Constable had to come and take him away
               A
Sheriff John Stone
                        D       Bm
Why dont you leave me alone (oh yeah)
A                    E
I feel so broke up 
            A
I wanna go home

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
                         D     Bm
Why don't you let me go home (yeah)
    A               E
I feel so broke up
             A
I wanna go home


Verse 3
A
The cook, yeah he caught the fits
A
And threw away all my grits
A                                         E
And then he came and he ate up all of my corn
           A
Let me go home
                         D        Bm
Why won't you let me go home, oh yeah
     A                E                 A
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
                         D     Bm
Why don't you let me go home (yeah)
    A               E
I feel so broke up
             A
I wanna go home