Chords with lyrics
Intro:
C majorC FF C majorC G7G7
C majorC FF C majorC G7G7 C majorC
Verse 1:
C majorC FF
Robert was a sailor for the best years of his life
C majorC G7G7
His captain was his mother and the ocean was his wife
C majorC FF
Only fresh out of the cradle, life's one and only spring
C majorC G7G7 C majorC
He was sworn to do his duty and got blood on his high school ring
Chorus:
C majorC FF
And it's hello California, hello Dad and Mom
C majorC G7G7
Ship ahoy, your baby boy is home from Vietnam
C majorC FF
Don't you ask me any questions about the medals on my chest
C majorC G7G7 C majorC
Take the star out of the window and let my conscience take a rest
Solo:
C majorC FF C majorC G7G7
C majorC FF C majorC G7G7 C majorC
Verse 2:
C majorC FF
Now he sailed across the ocean to the old Far Eastern war
C majorC G7G7
And it was foreign to his body, it was foreign to his shore
C majorC FF
So he traded in the present for the better times he'd seen
C majorC G7G7 C majorC
And made an Oriental waitress his own homecomin' queen
Chorus:
C majorC FF
And it's hello California, hello Dad and Mom
C majorC G7G7
Ship ahoy, your baby boy is home from Vietnam
C majorC FF
Don't you ask me any questions about the medals on my chest
C majorC G7G7 C majorC
Take the star out of the window and let my conscience take a rest