tonalidad:
Ab (forma dos acordes no tom de G)
Capotraste na 1ª casa
[Intro] G
[Primera Parte]
GG
We come on the Sloop John B. my grandfather and me
GD
Around Nassau Town we did roam
GC
Drinking all night, got into a fight
GDG
Well, I feel so broke up, I want to go home
[Estribillo]
GG
So hoist up the John B's sail, see how the mainsail sets
GD
Call for the captain ashore, let me go home, let me go home
GC
I wanna go home, yeah, yeah
GDG
Well, I feel so broke up, I want go home
[Segunda Parte]
G
The first mate he got drunk, and broke in the capitan's trunk
GD
The constable had to come and take him away
GC
Sheriff John Stone, why don't you leave me alone? Yeah, yeah
GDG
Well, I feel so broke up, I want to go home
[Estribillo]
GG
So hoist up the John B's sail, see how the mainsail sets
GD
Call for the captain ashore, let me go home, let me go home
GC
I wanna go home, let me go home
G
Hoist up the John B's sail
GDG
I feel so broke up, I wanna go home
[Terceira Parte]
GG
The poor cook, he caught the fits, and he threw away all my grits
GD
And then he took and he ate up all of my the corn
GC
Let me go home, why don't they let me go home? Yeah, yeah
GDG
This is the worst trip I've ever been on
[Estribillo]
GG
So hoist up the John B's sail, see how the mainsail sets
GD
Call for the captain ashore, let me go home, let me go home
GC
I wanna go home, let me go home