Songbook/Sloop John B

= Sloop John B. =

The original text is about two drunken passengers arguing and longing for port. The ship's name "John B." presumably refers to Captain John Bethel, one of the first Welsh settlers on Eleuthera-Bahamas.

In addition to covers by the Kingston Trio, Johnny Cash and many others, the Beach Boys' version became particularly popular.

With tabs

 * 1
 * We came on the Sloop  John  B.,
 * My grandfather  and  me.
 * A- round Nas-  sau  town we did  roam,
 * Drinking all night,  - Got into a  fight,
 * Well I feel so break up,  I wanta go  home.


 * Chorus:
 * So hoist up the John  B.  sail,
 * See how the main- -s'l  sets,
 * Call for the captain a-  shore,let me go  home,
 * Let me go home,  - I wanta go  home,
 * Well, I feel so break up, -  I wanta go  home.


 * 2
 * First Mate, he got  drunk,
 * Broke up the peo- ple's  trunk,
 * Constable had to  come and take him a-  way.
 * Sheriff John- stone, Why don't you leave me a-  lone?
 * Well I feel so break up, I wanta go  home.


 * 3
 * The poor cook  he caught the  fits,
 * Threw away all  my   grits,
 * Then he took  and   ate up all of my   corn.
 * Let me go  home, I wanta go   home,
 * This  is the worst trip I've ever been   on.

Accompaniment pattern (suggestion)
The song can also be used for the campfire diploma without the Sus4 chords. Simply ignore all the numbers. From the ballad diploma onwards you can practice some Sus4 chords with this song. The designation D4-3 is a short form for D4 - D. The Sus4 chord always occurs on the "4" of the campfire strumming pattern.


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The second verse in the MIDI gives you a rough impression, although the piano accompaniment with guitar sound does not exactly reproduce the guitar.