TAB/Chords: 'Sloop John B'-The Beach Boys

TAB/Chords

Sloop John B 

The Beach Boys

The Beach Boys'  version of the song 'Sloop John B'. The song was first written in1917, as 'The John B Sails'.  

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Sloop John B
(capo second Fret)


   C
We come on the sloop John B

My grandfather and me
                          G
Around Nassau town we did roam
             C     C7
Drinking all night
           F
Got into a fight
       C
Well I feel so broke up
G            C
I want to go home

   C
So hoist up the John B's sail

See how the mainsail sets

Call for the captain ashore
          G               C   C7
Let me go home, let me go home
           F
I wanna go home, yeah yeah
       C
Well I feel so broke up
G          C
I wanna go home

    C
The first mate he got drunk
[ 

And broke in the Captain's trunk
                                        G
The constable had to come and take him away
             C    C7
Sheriff John Stone
                        F
Why don't you leave me alone, yeah yeah
       C                  G        C
Well I feel so broke up I wanna go home

   C
So hoist up the John B's sail

See how the mainsail sets

Call for the Captain ashore
          G               C   C7
Let me go home, let me go home
           F
I wanna go home, yeah yeah
       C
Well I feel so broke up
G          C
I wanna go home

    C
The poor cook he caught the fits

And threw away all my grits
                                         G
And then he took and he ate up all of my corn
          C   C7
Let me go home
                         F
Why don't they let me go home
     C                 G              C
This is the worst trip I we ever been on

   C
So hoist up the John B s sail

See how the mainsail sets

Call for the Captain ashore
          G               C   C7
Let me go home, let me go home
           F
I wanna go home, yeah yeah
       C
Well I feel so broke up
G          C
I wanna go home

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The Story Behind The Song 

"Sloop John B" is a traditional folk song from the Bahamas, also known as "The John B. Sails", which was included in Carl Sandburg's 1927 collection of folk songs The American Songbag. It is best known for its folk rock adaptation by the Beach Boys, which was produced and arranged by bandleader Brian Wilson. Released two months before their 11th studio album Pet Sounds (1966), it served as the lead single for the album, peaking at number 3 in the US and number 2 in the UK. In several other countries, the single was a number one hit.


Wilson based his version on the 1958 recording by the Kingston Trio, but took some liberties with the song's arrangement, changing a few lyrics, and at the suggestion of bandmate Al Jardine, modified one part of the song's chord progression to include a supertonic chord. The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson, his brother Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and their friend Al Jardine all share lead vocal duties, while the instrumentation was provided mostly by the session musician conglomerate nicknamed "the Wrecking Crew".

The song remains one of the group's best-remembered recordings of their mid 1960s period, containing an unusual and elaborate a cappella vocal section that was unlike anything in the pop music of its era.[4] In 2011, the group's version of "Sloop John B" was ranked #271 on Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".







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