JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Sloop John B" adalah lagu The Kingston Trio dalam album debut eponimnya.
Album The Kingston Trio dirilis pada 1958 dengan bernaung pada Capitol Records.
Album tersebut membawa 12 buah lagu yang dibawakan oleh grup trio asal California ini.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu The Tijuana Jail - The Kingston Trio
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "Sloop John B" dari The Kingston Trio.
[Intro]
G C G G C G
G C G G C G
[Verse 1]
G C G
We come on the sloop John B
C G
My grand-father and me
C G D D7
Around Nas-sau town we did roam.
G G7
Drinkin’ all night,
C
Got into a fight.
G
Well, I feel so break up,
D D7 G C G
I wanna’ go home.
[Chorus]
G C G
So, hoist up the John B sail,
C G
See how the main-sail’s set.
C G D D7
Call for the captain a-shore, let me go home.
G G7
Let me go home,
C
I wanna’ go home.
G
Well, I feel so break up,
D D7 G C G
I wanna’ go home.
[Verse 2]
G C G
First Mate, he got drunk,
C G
Broke up the peo-ple’s trunk.
C G D D7
Constable had to come and take him away.
G G7
Sheriff John Stone,
C
Why don’t you leave me a-lone?
G
Well, I feel so break up,
D D7 G C G
I wanna’ go home.
[Chorus]
G C G
So, hoist up the John B sail,
C G
See how the main-s’l sets.
C G D D7
Call for the captain a-shore, let me go home.
G G7
Let me go home,
C
I wanna’ go home.
G
Well, I feel so break up,
D D7 G C G
I wanna’ go home.
[Verse 3]
G C G
Well, the poor cook he caught the fits,
C G
Throw away all my grits.
C G D D7
Then he took and he ate up all of my corn.
G G7
Let me go home,
C
I wanna’ go home,
G
This is the worst trip,
D D7 G C G
Since I’ve been born.
[Chorus]
G C G
So, hoist up the John B sail,
C G
See how the main-s’l sets.
C G D D7
Call for the captain a-shore, let me go home.
G G7
Let me go home,
C
I wanna’ go home.
G
Well, I feel so break up,
D D7 G C G
I wanna’ go home.
[Outro]
G C G G C G