{"id":28204,"date":"2026-01-04T06:32:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T06:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=28204"},"modified":"2026-01-04T06:33:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T06:33:58","slug":"sloop-john-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/sloop-john-b\/","title":{"rendered":"Sloop John B"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beach Boys<\/p>\n<p>Actual Chords below. These are simplified:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"xNWlr hjutX PBFx0\" style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Sloop John B chords\r\nThe Beach Boys 1966 Pet Sounds\r\n \r\n(https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sloop_John_B)\r\n \r\nCapo I **\r\n \r\n   <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G\">A<\/span>\r\nWe come on the sloop John B\r\n \r\nMy grandfather and me\r\n                          <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"D\">E<\/span>\r\nAround Nassau town we did roam\r\n             <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G\">A<\/span>\r\nDrinking all night\r\n           <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"C\">D<\/span>    <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"Am\">Bm<\/span>\r\nGot into a fight\r\n       <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G\">A<\/span>\r\nWell I feel so broke up\r\n<span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"D\">E<\/span>            <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G\">A<\/span>\r\nI want to go home\r\n \r\n   <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G\">A<\/span>\r\nSo hoist up the John B\u2019s sail\r\n\r\n \r\nSee how the mainsail sets\r\n \r\nCall for the captain ashore\r\n          <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"D\">E<\/span>                    <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G\">A<\/span>*\r\nLet me go home,      let me go home\r\n           <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"C\">D<\/span>          <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"Am\">Bm<\/span>\r\nI wanna go home, yeah yeah\r\n        <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G\">A<\/span>\r\nWell, I feel so broke up\r\n<span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"D\">E<\/span>          <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G\">A<\/span>\r\nI wanna go home\r\n \r\n    <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G\">A<\/span>\r\nThe first mate he got drunk\r\n \r\nAnd broke in the capn\u2019s trunk\r\n                                        <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"D\">E<\/span>\r\nThe constable had to come and take him away\r\n             <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G\">A<\/span>\r\nSheriff John Stone\r\n                        D          Bm\r\nWhy don\u2019t you leave me alone, yeah yeah\r\n        A                  E        A\r\nWell, I feel so broke up I wanna go home\r\n \r\n   A\r\nSo hoist up the John B\u2019s sail (host up the John B)\r\n \r\nSee how the mainsail sets (see how the mainsail)\r\n \r\nCall for the captain ashore\r\n          E\r\nLet me go home, let me go home\r\n           A                                             D\r\nI wanna go home, let me go home, why don't you let me go home?\r\n \r\nHoist up the John B, Hoist up the John B\r\n        A\r\nWell, I feel so broke up\r\nE          A\r\nI wanna go home\r\n \r\n    A\r\nThe poor cook he caught the fits\r\n \r\nAnd threw away all my grits\r\n                                         E\r\nAnd then he took and he ate up all of my corn\r\n          A\r\nLet me go home\r\n                         D    Bm\r\nWhy don\u2019t they let me go home?\r\n     A                 E              A\r\nThis is the worst trip I\u2019ve ever been on\r\n \r\n   A\r\nSo hoist up the John B\u2019s sail (host up the John B)\r\n \r\nSee how the mainsail sets (see how the mainsail)\r\n \r\nCall for the captain ashore\r\n          E                    A\r\nLet me go home,      let me go home\r\n           D          Bm\r\nI wanna go home, yeah yeah\r\n        A\r\nWell, I feel so broke up\r\nE          A\r\nI wanna go home\r\n \r\n*  Gsus4 G could also be used here\r\n \r\n** Alternates:\r\n<\/pre>\n<div class=\"vxv2A\">X<\/div>\n<pre class=\"xNWlr hjutX PBFx0\" style=\"font-size: 13px;\"><\/pre>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 36pt;\">ACTUAL<\/span><\/p>\n<pre class=\"xNWlr hjutX PBFx0\" style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Sloop John B chords\r\nThe Beach Boys 1966 Pet Sounds\r\n \r\n(https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sloop_John_B)\r\n \r\nCapo I **\r\n \r\n   <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G\">A<\/span>\r\nWe come on the sloop John B\r\n \r\nMy grandfather and me\r\n                          <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"D\">E<\/span>   <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"Dsus4\">Esus4<\/span> <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"D\">E<\/span>\r\nAround Nassau town we did roam\r\n             <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G\">A<\/span>     <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G7\">A7<\/span>\r\nDrinking all night\r\n           <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"C\">D<\/span>    <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"Am\">Bm<\/span>\r\nGot into a fight\r\n       <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G\">A<\/span>\r\nWell I feel so broke up\r\n<span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"D\">E<\/span>            <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G\">A<\/span>\r\nI want to go home\r\n \r\n   <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G\">A<\/span>\r\nSo hoist up the John B\u2019s sail\r\n \r\nSee how the mainsail sets\r\n \r\nCall for the captain ashore\r\n          <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"D\">E<\/span>   <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"Dsus4\">Esus4<\/span> <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"D\">E<\/span>          <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G\">A<\/span>*   <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G7\">A7<\/span>\r\nLet me go home,      let me go home\r\n           <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"C\">D<\/span>          <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"Am\">Bm<\/span>\r\nI wanna go home, yeah yeah\r\n        <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G\">A<\/span>\r\nWell, I feel so broke up\r\n<span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"D\">E<\/span>          <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G\">A<\/span>\r\nI wanna go home\r\n \r\n    <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G\">A<\/span>\r\nThe first mate he got drunk\r\n \r\nAnd broke in the capn\u2019s trunk\r\n                                        <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"D\">E<\/span>  <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"Dsus4\">Esus4<\/span> <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"D\">E<\/span>\r\nThe constable had to come and take him away\r\n             <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G\">A<\/span>    <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G7\">A7<\/span>\r\nSheriff John Stone\r\n                        D          Bm\r\nWhy don\u2019t you leave me alone, yeah yeah\r\n        A                  E        A\r\nWell, I feel so broke up I wanna go home\r\n \r\n   A\r\nSo hoist up the John B\u2019s sail (host up the John B)\r\n \r\nSee how the mainsail sets (see how the mainsail)\r\n \r\nCall for the captain ashore\r\n          E     Esus4     E\r\nLet me go home, let me go home\r\n           A                                             D\r\nI wanna go home, let me go home, why don't you let me go home?\r\n \r\nHoist up the John B, Hoist up the John B\r\n        A\r\nWell, I feel so broke up\r\nE          A\r\nI wanna go home\r\n \r\n    A\r\nThe poor cook he caught the fits\r\n \r\nAnd threw away all my grits\r\n                                         E   Esus4 E\r\nAnd then he took and he ate up all of my corn\r\n          A   A7\r\nLet me go home\r\n                         D    Bm\r\nWhy don\u2019t they let me go home?\r\n     A                 E              A\r\nThis is the worst trip I\u2019ve ever been on\r\n \r\n   A\r\nSo hoist up the John B\u2019s sail (host up the John B)\r\n \r\nSee how the mainsail sets (see how the mainsail)\r\n \r\nCall for the captain ashore\r\n          E   Esus4 E          A   A7\r\nLet me go home,      let me go home\r\n           D          Bm\r\nI wanna go home, yeah yeah\r\n        A\r\nWell, I feel so broke up\r\nE          A\r\nI wanna go home\r\n \r\n*  Gsus4 G could also be used here\r\n \r\n** Alternates:\r\n \r\nCapo III\r\n \r\nA     = G\r\nE     = D\r\nEsus4 = Dsus4\r\nA7    = G7\r\nD     = C\r\nBm    = Am\r\nAsus4 = Gsus4\r\n \r\nCapo VI\r\n \r\nA     = E\r\nE     = B\r\nEsus4 = Bsus4\r\nA7    = E7\r\nD     = A\r\nBm    = F#m\r\nAsus4 = Esus4\r\n \r\nOpen (These chords are not in the original key)\r\n \r\nA     = B\r\nE     = F#\r\nEsus4 = F#sus4\r\nA7    = B7\r\nD     = E\r\nBm    = C#m\r\nAsus4 = Bsus4\r\n \r\nSet8<\/pre>\n<div class=\"vxv2A\">X<\/div>\n<pre class=\"xNWlr hjutX PBFx0\" style=\"font-size: 13px;\"><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beach Boys Actual Chords below. These are simplified: Sloop John B chords The Beach Boys 1966 Pet Sounds (https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sloop_John_B) Capo I ** A We come on the sloop John B My grandfather and me E Around Nassau town we did roam A Drinking all night D Bm Got into a &hellip; <span class=\"more-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/sloop-john-b\/\" class=\"more-link\">CLICK TO VIEW SONG<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sloop John B<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28204"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28207,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28204\/revisions\/28207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}