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T:The Wreck of the Sloop John B.
B:Singing Together, Summer 1977, BBC Publications
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
M:4/4     %Meter
L:1/8     %
K:G
D2 |B B2 A B2 c2 |B6 D2 |B3 A B2 c2 | B6 z2 |
w:We sailed on the sloop John B., My gran'-pap-py and me,
B4 B2 c2 |d4 ((3:2d2c2)B2 |A8-|A4
w:Round Nas-sau town we_ did roam_
(3:2E2F2G2|G8-|G3B (3:2d2e2d2 |c8-|c2
w:Drink-ing all night,_ we got in a fight _
c2 B2 A2 |BD7-|D2D2 (3:2D2E2F2 |G8-|G4z2
w:I feel so break-_up I want to go home._
D2 |B B2 A B2 c2 |B8 |B B2 A B2 c2 | B8 |
w:So hoist up the John B.'s sails, See how the main sail's set,
B B2 B (3:2B2B2c2 |d4 (3:2d2c2B2 |A8-|A2
w:Send for the Cap-tain a-shore, let me go home._
D2 (3:2D2E2F2 |G8-|G2d2 (3:2d2e2d2 |c8-|c2
w:O let me go home,_ Please let me go home. _
c2 B2 A2 |BD7-|D2D2 (3:2D2E2F2 |G8-|G4 |]
w:I feel so break up,_ I want to go home._