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Sloop John B by The Kingston Trio - Guitar Chords

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Version 1
            The song is played to a calypso rhythm.
Vocally, the Kingston Trio added repeating words and phrases throughout the chorus which
works when you have more than one singer.  Otherwise, just omit them like this tab.
You can listen to how they do this on their “The Kingston Trio” album.  Here is the
You Tube link: --.-/watch?ds49aBE99lfjliaI


[Intro]
G  C  G   G  C  G
G  C  G   G  C  G

[Verse 1]
   G                 C    G
We come on the sloop John B
                C   G
My grand-father and me
           C   G           D   D7
Around Nas-sau town we did roam.
             G     G7
Drinkin’ all night,
           C
Got into a fight.
        G
Well, I feel so break up,
D D7        G    C  G
I wanna’ go home.


[Chorus]
    G                 C    G
So, hoist up the John B sail,
                 C      G
See how the main-sail’s set.
                     C G                D   D7
Call for the captain a-shore, let me go home.
          G     G7
Let me go home,
            C
I wanna’ go home.
        G
Well, I feel so break up,
D D7        G    C  G
I wanna’ go home.


[Verse 2]
G              C   G
First Mate, he got drunk,
                 C     G
Broke up the peo-ple’s trunk.
              C  G                 D   D7
Constable had to come and take him away.
             G     G7
Sheriff John Stone,
                         C
Why don’t you leave me a-lone?
        G
Well, I feel so break up,
D D7        G    C  G
I wanna’ go home.


[Chorus]
    G                 C    G
So, hoist up the John B sail,
                 C   G
See how the main-s’l sets.
                     C G                D   D7
Call for the captain a-shore, let me go home.
          G     G7
Let me go home,
            C
I wanna’ go home.
        G
Well, I feel so break up,
D D7        G    C  G
I wanna’ go home.


[Verse 3]
      G                       C   G
Well, the poor cook he caught the fits,
               C  G
Throw away all my grits.
                 C  G                D   D7
Then he took and he ate up all of my corn.
          G     G7
Let me go home,
            C
I wanna’ go home,
     G
This is the worst trip,
D     D7        G   C  G
Since I’ve been born.


[Chorus]
    G                 C    G
So, hoist up the John B sail,
                 C   G
See how the main-s’l sets.
                     C G                D   D7
Call for the captain a-shore, let me go home.
          G     G7
Let me go home,
            C
I wanna’ go home.
        G
Well, I feel so break up,
D D7        G    C  G
I wanna’ go home.


[Outro]
G  C  G   G  C  G 
        

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