5|----e-e---e-e---f---e-----|
4|g-------------------------|
5|--e-------e---e---e-----f-|
4|------g-------------------|
5|e-------e-------e-----e-e-|
4|------------g-------------|
5|--f---g-----g-g-f-e---d---|
4|----------------g-g---a-b-|
5|--c-------------------c-c-|
5|--d-e---f-----------------|
5|--------f-f-c-e---e-e-e-c-|
5|--------d-d---c-----c-----|
4|----------------b---------|
4|----------------------g---|
5|e-e---e-e---f---e-------e-|
5|------e-----e-e-e-f---e---|
4|--g-----------------------|
5|----e-------e-----e-e---f-|
4|--------g-----------------|
5|--g-----g-g-f-e---d-------|
5|------------------------c-|
4|------------g-g---a-b-----|
5|------------------c-c---d-|
5|e---f---------------------|
5|----f---c-e---e-e-e-c-----|
5|----d-d---c-----c---------|
4|------------b-------------|
5|----------------------e-e-|
4|------------------g-------|
5|--e-e---f---e-------e-----|
4|------------------------g-|
5|--e---e---e-----f-e-------|
5|e-------e-----e-e---f---g-|
4|----g---------------------|
5|----g-g-f-e---d-----------|
5|--------------------c-----|
4|--------g-g---a-b---------|
5|--------------c-c---d-e---|
5|f-------------------------|
5|f-f-c-e---e-e-e-c---------|
5|d-d---c-----c-------------|
4|--------b-----------------|
5|------------------e-e---e-|
4|--------------g-----------|
5|e---f---e-------e-------e-|
4|--------------------g-----|
5|----e-e-e-f---e-------e---|
5|----e-----e-e---f---g-----|
4|g-------------------------|
5|g-g-f-e---d---------------|
5|----------------c---------|
4|----g-g---a-b-------------|
5|----------c-c---d-e---f---|
5|----------------------f---|
5|c-e---e-e-e-c---------d-d-|
5|--c-----c---------------c-|
4|----b---------------------|
Quick guide on how to read the letter notes
The numbers in front of each line are the octave, each octave has an unique color so you can easily follow them.
Lowercase (a b c d e f g) letters are natural notes (white keys, a.k.a A B C D E F G ).
Uppercase (A C D F G) letters are the sharp notes (black keys a.k.a. A# C# D# F# G#), look at the image below to see where each letter note is on the piano keyboard.
The lines / dashes (-) between letters indicates timing to play the notes. Just listen to the audio file at the top of the post to figure out the time lenght of the dashes (usually 5-6 dashes is about 1 second)
RH / LH means Right Hand / Left Hand and it's mostly for people who play the piano, it tells them with what hand to play the lines. Also, if you want to play a easy version of the song, playing only the RH lines does exactly that, because on most songs RH notes are for melody and LH notes are for bass.
We come on the sloop John B
ReplyDeleteMy grandfather and me
Around Nassau town we did roam
Drinking all night
Got into a fight
Well I feel so broke up
I want to go home
So hoist up the John B's sail
See how the mainsail sets
Call for the Captain ashore
Let me go home, let me go home
I wanna go home, yeah yeah
Well I feel so broke up
I wanna go home
The first mate he got drunk
And broke in the Cap'n's trunk
The constable had to come and take him away
Sheriff John Stone
Why don't you leave me alone, yeah yeah
Well I feel so broke up I wanna go home
So hoist up the John B's sail
See how the mainsail sets
Call for the Captain ashore
Let me go home, let me go home
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
I feel so broke up I wanna go home
Let me go home
The poor cook he caught the fits
And threw away all my grits
And then he took and he ate up all of my corn
Let me go home
Why don't they let me go home
This is the worst trip I've ever been on
So hoist up the John B's sail
See how the mainsail sets
Call for the Captain ashore
Let me go home, let me go home
I wanna go home, let me go home
Why don't you let me go home