&quot;Sloop John B&quot; is the seventh track on The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds album and was also a single which was released in 1966 on Capitol Records. It was originally a traditional West Indies folk song, possibly recorded earliest by The Weavers under the title &quot;Wreck of the John B&quot;, the song taken from a collection by Carl Sandburg (1927). Alan Lomax made a field recording of the song in Nassau, 1935, under the title &quot;Histe Up the John B. Sail&quot;.

Pet Sounds

# Capo I

   G
We come on the sloop John B

My grandfather and me
                          D
Around Nassau town we did roam
             G     G7
Drinking all night
           C
Got into a fight
       G
Well I feel so broke up
D            G
I want to go home

   G
So hoist up the John B s sail

See how the mainsail sets

Call for the captain ashore
          D               G   G7
Let me go home, let me go home
           C
I wanna go home, yeah yeah
       G
Well I feel so broke up
D          G
I wanna go home

    G
The first mate he got drunk

And broke in the capn s trunk
                                        D
The constable had to come and take him away
             G    G7
Sheriff John Stone
                        C
Why don t you leave me alone, yeah yeah
       G                  D        G
Well I feel so broke up I wanna go home

   G
So hoist up the John B s sail

See how the mainsail sets

Call for the captain ashore
          D               G   G7
Let me go home, let me go home
           C
I wanna go home, yeah yeah
       G
Well I feel so broke up
D          G
I wanna go home

    G
The poor cook he caught the fits

And threw away all my grits
                                         D
And then he took and he ate up all of my corn
          G   G7
Let me go home
                         C
Why don t they let me go home
     G                 D              G
This is the worst trip I ve ever been on

   G
So hoist up the John B s sail

See how the mainsail sets

Call for the captain ashore
          D               G   G7
Let me go home, let me go home
           C
I wanna go home, yeah yeah
       G
Well I feel so broke up
D          G
I wanna go home

126 - 4/4

Capo on the 1st Fret.
|./.    |: Repeat the previous Chord and Measure of 4-counts.

Intro:

  1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4
A|---------------|-----------10--|
E|-7-------------|-------8-7-----|
C|---------------|---------------|
G|---------------|-------------7-|

Verse 1:

  |G                     |./.      |./.             |./.
WE COME ON THE SLOOP JOHN B.     MY GRAND-FATHER AND ME.
 |./.         |./.         |D    |./.
A-ROUND NASSAU TOWN,  WE DO ROAM.
            |G     |./.          |C    |Am7
DRINKING ALL NIGHT,    GOT INTO A FIGHT.
      |G                |Am  D        |G    |./.
WELL I FEEL SO BROKE UP,   I WANNA GO  HOME.

Chorus:

  |G                    |./.    |./.                  |./.    |
SO HOIST UP THE JOHN B'S SAIL.   SEE HOW THE MAIN SAIL SETS.
./.                   |./.             |D    |./.
CALL FOR THE CAPTAIN A-SHORE, LET ME GO HOME.
         |G    |./.          |C         |Am7
LET ME GO HOME,    I WANNA GO HOME, YEAH YEAH.
      |G                |Am  D       |G    |./.
WELL I FEEL SO BROKE UP,   I WANNA GO HOME.

Verse 2:

   |G                |./.       |./.                   |./.
THE FIRST MATE HE GOT DRUNK, AND BROKE IN THE CAPTAIN'S TRUNK.
   |./.             |./.                 |D    |./.
THE CONSTABLE HAD TO COME, AND TAKE HIM A-WAY.
            |G     |./.                        |C         |Am7
SHERIFF JOHN STONE,    WHY DON'T YOU LEAVE ME A-LONE, YEAH YEAH.
      |G                |Am  D       |G    |./.
WELL I FEEL SO BROKE UP,   I WANNA GO HOME.

Chorus:

  |G                     |./.                  |
SO HOIST UP THE JOHN B'S (SA-IL),
                          HOIST UP THE JOHN B'S.

./.                   |./.                  |
SEE HOW THE MAIN SAIL (SE-TS),
                       SEE HOW THE MAIN SAIL.

./.                   |./.             |D              |./.
CALL FOR THE CAPTAIN A-SHORE, LET ME GO HOME, LET ME GO HOME.

           / (Break N.C.)
          |G                   |
I WANNA GO HOME, LET ME GO HOME.

                        |
WHY DON'T YOU LET ME GO (HOME),                |
                         HOIST UP THE JOHN B'S (SAIL),
                                                HOIST UP THE JOHN B'S.

 |G                |Am   D       |G               |./.
I FEEL SO BROKE UP,    I WANNA GO HOME, (LET ME GO HOME).

-Verse 3:

   |G                      |./.      |./.              |./.
THE POOR COOK HE CAUGHT THE FITS, AND THREW AWAY ALL MY GRITS.
   |./.                |./.             |D    |./.
AND THEN HE TOOK AND HE ATE UP ALL OF MY CORN.
         |G    |./.                        |C    |Am7
LET ME GO HOME,    WHY DON'T THEY LET ME GO HOME.
    |G                 |Am     D        |G    |./.
THIS IS THE WORST TRIP,   I'VE EVER BEEN ON.

Ootro (Fade Out):

  |G                     |./.                  |
SO HOIST UP THE JOHN B'S (SA-IL),
                          HOIST UP THE JOHN B'S.

./.                   |./.                  |
SEE HOW THE MAIN SAIL (SE-TS),
                       SEE HOW THE MAIN SAIL.

./.                   |./.             |D              |./.
CALL FOR THE CAPTAIN A-SHORE, LET ME GO HOME, LET ME GO HOME.

          |G              |./.
I WANNA GO HOME, LET ME GO HOME.

                        |C
WHY DON'T YOU LET ME GO (HOME),                |Am7
                         HOIST UP THE JOHN B'S (SAIL),
                                                HOIST UP THE JOHN B'S.
 |G                |Am  D       |G    |
I FEEL SO BROKE UP,   I WANNA GO HOME.

Sloop John B

[intro]
F Am Dm Am A# Dm Gm C

[Verse 1]
             F 
Baby really hurt me
                Am 
crying in the taxi
                Dm
He dont wanna know me
                         Am                     A#     Dm
says you make the big mistake of dancing in my store 
Gm                  C
   Says it was poison
                 F
So I guess I go home 
          Am                     Dm
into the arms of the girl that I love
                Am 
the only love I havent screwed up
A#                  Dm
   She's so hard to please
             Gm      C  
but shes a forest fire
        F               
I do my best to meet her demands
Am
play it romance
         Dm
we slow dance in the living room
    Am                      A#
but all that a stranger would see
        Dm           Gm               C     
is one girl swaying alone stroking her cheek

[Chorus]

      F         Am            Dm 
They say, "you're a little much for me
         Am     A# 
You're a liability
          Dm         Gm    C
You're a little much for me"
               F              Am 
So they pull back make other plans
       Dm 
I understand
     Am     A# 
I'm a liability
        Dm         Gm    
Get you wild, make you leave
       C            Dm            F    A#       
I'm a little much for eh oh-na-na-na everyone

[Verse 2]
            F 
The truth is, I am toy
                Dm
that people enjoy
                Am               A#
till all of the tricks dont work anymore
Dm              Gm       C
And then they are bored of me
             
                    F
I know that its exciting
                     Am
running through the night but
              Dm                Am
every perfect summer's eating me alive
            A#    Dm
unitl youre gone
Gm          C
Better on my own

[Chorus]

      F         Am            Dm 
They say, "you're a little much for me
         Am     A# 
You're a liability
          Dm         Gm    C
You're a little much for me"
               F              Am 
So they pull back make other plans
       Dm 
I understand
     Am     A# 
I'm a liability
        Dm         Gm    
Get you wild, make you leave
       C            Dm            F    A#       
I'm a little much for eh oh-na-na-na everyone

[Outro]
             Dm           F           A#
They're gonna watch me disappear into the sun
                 Dm        F           A#
You're all gonna watch me disappear into the sun

Liability

Intro:

Bb - F - A

F                 C
I've been feeling lonesome
F                            C
I'm down, don't know what to do
D
I let you lie to me
F
plant seeds inside
            E
to see them grow
                      F
only to leave them to die

  C
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
    A
for you

F                  C
I've been lost and finding
F                           C
out that I've been such a fool
D           
you thought you'd stick around
F
until the day you found
    E                    F
someone to make me obsolete

  C
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm F
why cry
    Bb
for you... 


Guitar Solo:

Bb - F - A (2x)

  C     
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
    A
for you

Why Cry

Intro  D     Bm7   G     A     x2


Verse 1
    D                              Bm7
We never spoke a word, but every thought she had 
                         G     A Asus A
I heard from across the room 
             D                               Bm7
If we were standin' face to face I couldn't find the words 
               G               A Asus A
To say give me one more move 
        G              A             G                   A
I don't even know her name, I guess foolish pride's to blame


Chorus 
          D                        D7
Now, I'm fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
        Bm7                 F#              G                    A
And my heart won't tell my mind to tell my mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
        Bm7 A   G                              Gm
Now I'm fallin' in love as she's walkin' away


Interlude   D     Bm7   G     A     x2


Verse 2
          D                           Bm7
Wise man next to me did say 'bout the one that got away
        G                    A
Son, I missed my chance 
           D                            Bm7
Don't you let regret take place of the dreams you have to chase
     G               A
Ask her to dance, go on, son
           G                 A              G                  A
You might fall down on your face, roll the dice and have some faith


Chorus
          D                        D7
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
           Bm7                   F#                G                    A
When your heart won't tell your mind to tell your mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
         Bm7 A   G                               Gm
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away 


Solo   D    Bm7  Bm  F#  G   A  D    D7    Bm  F# |A   D 


           G                 A              G                  A
You might fall down on your face, roll the dice and have some faith
 
          D                        D7
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
           Bm7                   F#                G                    A
When your heart won't tell your mind to tell your mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
         Bm7 A    Bm7 A       Bm7 A       G                      G   
Don't be fallin', fallin' in, fallin' in love as she's walkin' away


Outro  (G)   Gm  Bm7  E G  Gm  D

As She's Walking Away

Riff:
|3-----------6-------------------|3-----------6---------------|
|3-------6/8-6-----------8-------|3-------6/8-6-----------8---|
|3-------5/7-7-----------7-------|3-------5/7-7-----------7---|
|0-------------------------------|0---------------------------|
Repeat 2x


| Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - |
Here come old flattop he come grooving up slowly
He got joo joo eyeball he one holy roller

| G7 - - - | G7 - - Gb7 | F7 - - - | - - - - |
He got hair down to his knee
Got to be a joker he just do what he please

| Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - |
He wear no shoe shine he got toe jam football
He got monkey finger he shoot Coca-Cola

| G7 - - - | G7 - - Gb7 | F7 - - - | - - - - |
He say,"I know you and you know me"
One thing I can tell you is you got to be free

| Am - - G7 | F7 - G7 - |
Come together right now over me



Repeat Riff



| Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - |
He bag production he got walrus gumboot
He got Ono sideboard he one spinal cracker

| G7 - - - | G7 - - Gb7 | F7 - - - | - - - - |
He got feet down below his knee
Hold you in his armchair you can feel his disease

| Am - - G7 | F7 - G7 - |
Come together right now over me


Repeat Riff

Come Together

INTRO: FA SIb FA SIb FA SIb FA SIb


SIb
Este Domingo con todos los amigos
FA
nos vamos para el campo a comer la barbacoa.

Y nos reunimos con un montón de gente
SIb
hacemos nuestro ambiente y una linda barbacoa.

RE#
Nos llevamos muchas cosas,
RE# SIb
las bebidas, las gaseosas.
FA
La salsita, las costillas,

buena carne en la parrilla
SIb
el carbón y el chuletón.

FA SIb
La barbacoa, la barbacoa.
FA SIb
Como me gusta la Barbekiú.
FA SIb
La barbacoa, la barbacoa.
FA SIb
Como me gusta la Barbekiú.

SIb
Que ricos los chorizos parrilleros.
FA
LOS CHORIZOS PARRILLEROS.

Que ricas las salchichas a la brasa.
SIb
LAS SALCHICHAS A LA BRASA.

Que buenas las chuletas de cordero.
FA
LAS CHULETAS DE CORDERO.

Que bueno es este vino de garrafa.
SIb
ESTE VINO DE GARRAFA.


(apartir de aqui todos los acordes se repiten pero con otra letra)


Voy echando leña al fuego
y siguiendo con el juego.
Cuando quieren darse cuenta
las parejas se calientan
y no pueden esperar.

LA barbacoa, LA barbacoa.
Como me gusta la Barbekiú.
LA barbacoa, LA barbacoa.
Como me gusta la Barbekiú.

Música: FA SIb FA SIb FA SIb FA SIb

A mí me gusta la carne que está tierna
muslitos y pechugas y hacerlos vuelta y vuelta.
Mientras los otros que comen que da miedo
disfrutan como locos chupándose los dedos.

La vecina que es muy mona
toma el Sol en la tumbona.
Yo les hago algo sencillo
pero quiere el solomillo
que le gusta mucho más.

LA barbacoa, LA barbacoa.
Como me gusta la Barbekiú.
LA barbacoa, LA barbacoa.
Como me gusta la Barbekiú.

Que ricos los chorizos parrilleros.
LOS CHORIZOS PARRILEROS.
Que ricas las salchichas a la brasa.
LAS SALCHICHAS A LA BRASA.
Que buenas las chuletas de cordero.
LAS CHULETAS DE CORDERO.
Que bueno es este vino de garrafa.
ESTE VINO DE GARRAFA.

Nos llevamos muchas cosas,
las bebidas, las gaseosas.
La salsita, las costillas,
buena carne en la parrila
el carbón y el chuletón.

Las chuletas de cordero, mama.
Los chorizos parrilleros, mama.
Las salchichas a la brasa, mama.
Ese vino de garrafa, mama.

LA barbacoa, LA barbacoa.
Como me gusta la Barbekiú.
LA barbacoa, LA barbacoa.
Como me gusta la Barbekiú.
LA barbacoa, LA barbacoa.
Como me gusta la Barbekiú.


Espero que os haya gustado. Un abrazo

La Barbacoa

LA RE
Jo et duré a casa si fa mal temps
MI FA#m
Jo t’empararé si un cas tens por
SIm MI
Jo te cuidaré si estàs malalta
RE LA
De tot cor, de tot cor
RE REm LA
De tot cor

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

FA#m DO#m
Estic a punt d’anar-me’n
RE LA RE
Mes abans de partir et diré
REm LA
Que et duc dins es pensament

FA#m DO#m
No deix de recordar-te
RE LA RE
I alen els teus alens tot calents
REm SIm MI
De lluny i de prop me tens


Jo et duré...

FA#m DO#m
I a dalt de s’escenari
RE LA RE
Quan estic concentrat cantant
REm MI
Jo sempre te tenc present

FA#m DO#m
Perquè m’ets necessari
RE LA
Com s’aire que respir
RE REm SIm MI
Necessit estar amb tu en tot moment


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

D                         C 
I left alone my mind was blank  
                                     D 
I needed time to get the memories from my mind 
                               C 
What did I see can I believe that what I saw 
                                    D        
that night was real and not just fantasy 
 D 
Just what I saw in my old dreams were they 
  C                                      D 
reflections of my warped mind staring back at me 
 D 
Cos in my dream it's always there 
    C                                              D 
the evil face that twists my mindand brings me to despair  
 
C D  /  C D  / D C  / C D 
 
     D 
The night was black was no use holding back 
                                    C      D 
Cos I just had to see was someone watching me 
  D 
In the mist dark figures move and twist 
                                C      D 
was this all for real or some kind of hell 
C G       C             D 
666 the number of the beast 
 C        G       C                D 
Hell and fire was spawned to be released 
 
 D 
Torches blazed and sacred chants were praised 
                                C       D 
as they start to cry hands held to the sky 
 D 
In the night the fires burning bright 
                              C        D 
the ritual has begun Satan's work is done 
 
C G       C             D 
666 the number of the beast 
 C     G      C         D 
Sacrifice is going on tonight 
 
 D 
This can't go on I must inform the law 
                                 C     D 
Can this still be real or some crazy dream 
D 
but I feel drawn towards the evil chanting hordes 
                                      C          D 
they seem to mesmerise me ... can't avoid their eyes 
 
 
C G       C             D 
666 the number of the beast 
C G       C             D 
666 the one for you and me 
 
 D                             C 
I'm coming back I will return 
                                           D 
And I'll possess your body and I'll make you burn 
 D 
I have the fire I have the force 
   C 
I have the power to make my evil take it's course 
 
C D  /  C D  / D C  / C  DCD

Number Of The Beast

Verse
Bb                     F                 Eb riff
Xxx xxx xxx xx xxx xxx, and xxx xxx xxxxx tree
(all verses same)

F                   Gm          Ab              A          Bb
Xxxx xxxx xx xx understand xxxxxx xxx xxxxx put xxxx xxxx tree

Roses Are Free

I thought love was  D only true in  G fairy tales,
 G Meant for someone  D else but not for  G me  G7 
 C Love was out to  G get me  C that's the way it  G seemed,
 C Disappointment  G haunted all my  D7 dreams

Chorus

Then I saw her  G face  C   G now I'm a be G liever  C   G 
Not a  G trace  C   G of doubt in my  G mind  C   G 
I'm in  G love (oooooh)  C I'm a be G liever I couldn't  F leave her if I  D7 tried
Verso 2

 G I thought love was  D more or less a  G givin' thing
 G It seems the more I  D gave the less I  G got  G7 
 C What's the use in  G trying  C all you get is  G pain
 C When I needed  G sunshine I got  D7 rain

Chorus

Then I saw her  G face  C   G now I'm a be G liever  C   G 
Not a  G trace  C   G of doubt in my  G mind  C   G 
I'm in  G love (oooooh)  C I'm a be G liever I couldn't  F leave her if I  D7 tried
Interlude

 G   D   G   G   D   G   G7 

Pre-Chorus

 C Love was out to  G get me  C that's the way it  G seemed
 C Disappointment  G haunted all my  D7 dreams

Chorus

Then I saw her  G face  C   G now I'm a be G liever  C   G 
Not a  G trace  C   G of doubt in my  G mind  C   G 
I'm in  G love (ooooh)  C I'm a be G liever I couldn't  F leave her if I  D7 tried
Final

Yes I saw her  G face  C   G now I'm a be G liever  C   G 
Not a  G trace  C   G of doubt in my  G mind  C   G 
I'm a be G liever  C   G 
I'm a be G liever  C   G

I'm A Believer

Introduction: Am F G E F Dm F E

Verse 1:
       Am               F           G             E
She's gone, Out of my life, I was wrong, I'm to blame
            F    Dm                           E
I was so untrue. I can't live without her love.
       Am                     F
In my life, there's just an empty space.
G                   E                 F 
All my dreams are lost, I'm wasting away
Dm            F           E
Forgive me, girl, girl, girl girl.

Chorus: 
F                 C           G               D
Lady, won't you save me? My heart belongs to you.
F                 C           G                D 
Lady, can you forgive me.For all I've done to you.
F      G               E
Lady, oh, lady, Oh laydayyy

Verse 2: 

Am                 F         G
She's gone, Out of my life, Oh, she's gone
E                        F  Dm                           E
I find it so hard to go on.I really miss that girl, my love.
Am                  F             G                  E
Come back, into my arms, I'm so alone, I'm begging you
                 F   Dm             F              E
I'm down on my knees.Forgive me, girl, girl girl girl.

Chorus: 
F                 C           G               D
Lady, won't you save me? My heart belongs to you.
F                 C           G                D 
Lady, can you forgive me? For all I've done to you.
F         C           G              D       
 Lady, oh. Lady~ My heart belongs to you
F                 C           G                F
Lady, can you forgive me? For all I've done to you!

Sloop John B

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