Standard (EADGBE)

Verse 1

We come on the sloop john b

My grandfather and me

Around nassau town we do roam

Drinking all night

Got into a fight, oh yeah

I feel so broke up

I want to go home

Chorus

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

Why don't you let me go home (yeah)

I feel so broke up

I wanna go home

Verse 2

The first mate he got drunk

And broke up the peoples trunk

Constable had to come and take him away

Sheriff John Stone

Why dont you leave me alone (oh yeah)

I feel so broke up

I wanna go home

Chorus

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

Why don't you let me go home (yeah)

I feel so broke up

I wanna go home

Verse 3

The cook, yeah he caught the fits

And threw away all my grits

And then he came and he ate up all of my corn

Let me go home

Why won't you let me go home, oh yeah

This is the worst trip since I've been born

Chorus

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

Why don't you let me go home (yeah)

I feel so broke up

I wanna go home