Sloop John B Chords

by Jerry Jeff Walker
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: D
Capo: no capo
Author frans.vanuytv [pro] 190,644. Last edit on Sep 10, 2022

Chords

D
Asus4
A
D7
G
Em
A7sus4
A7

Strumming

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https://open.spotify.com/track/6MyrzSvNECDmWAZ6V64Vqk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9LXwv3SQNc
Worked out on request for lozherky1
Songwriters: Bob Bogle / Don Wilson / Melvin Taylor / Nole Edwards
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ATTENTION: D* means: D-chord but QUICK followed by Bm (that is always "taken to early",
3 short beats for D and then 5 (3+2) short beats for Bm)
All chords for 4 fast beats OR count the *
 
[Intro]
| D*            | D*            |
 
[Verse 1]
   D*                     D*    D*              D*
We come on the sloop John B, my grandfather and me,
 D*           D*          Asus4         A
around Nassau town we did roam.
             D*     D7           G     Em** A**
Drinking all night,   got into a fight,     oh,
  D                 A7sus4** A7**        D*          D*
I feel so broke up,   I just wanne to go home.
 
[Chorus]
    D*                    D*    D*                   D*
So, hoist up the John B's sail, see how the mainsail sets,
D*                    D*               Asus4         A
call for the Captain ashore: let me go home.
           D*    D7             G       Em** A**
I wanna go home,   yes, I wanne go home,     oh,
  D                  A7sus4** A7**     D*          D*
I feel so broke upn,   I just wanna go home.
 
[Verse 2] (Start Bass)
    D*                D*        D*                   D*
The first mate he got drunk, he broke in the Cap'n's trunk,
    D*                          D*                 Asus4         A
the constable (??) had to come along and take him away.
             D*     D7                        G     Em** A**
Sheriff John Stone,   why don't you leave me alone,      oh,
  D                 A7sus4** A7**     D*          D*
I feel so broke up,   I just wanna go home.
 
[Chorus]
    D*                    D*    D*                   D*
So, hoist up the John B's sail, see how the mainsail sets,
D*                    D*               Asus4         A
call for the Captain ashore: let me go home.
           D*    D7             G       Em** A**
I wanna go home,   yes, I wanne go home,     oh,
  D                  A7sus4** A7**     D*          D*
I feel so broke upn,   I just wanna go home.
 
[Verse 1] (Reprise)
   D*                     D*    D*              D*
We come on the sloop John B, my grandfather and me,
 D*           D*          Asus4         A
around Nassau town we did roam.
             D*     D7           G     Em** A**
Drinking all night,   got into a fight,     oh,
  D                 A7sus4** A7**        D*          D*
I feel so broke up,   I just wanne to go home.
 
[End-Chorus]
    D*                    D*    D*                   D*
So, hoist up the John B's sail, see how the mainsail sets,
D*                    D*               Asus4         A
call for the Captain ashore: let me go home.
           D*    D7             G       Em** A**
I wanna go home,   yes, I wanne go home,     oh,
  D                  A7sus4** A7**     D*          D*
I feel so broke upn,   I just wanna go home.
 
[Outro]
    D*                    D*    D*                   D*
So, hoist up the John B's sail, see how the mainsail sets.
    D*                    D*    D*                   D
So, hoist up the John B's sail, see how the mainsail sets.
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