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Take The Star Out Of The Window chords by John Prine

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Intro:
Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramFF  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG7G7
Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramFF  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG7G7  Chord diagramC majorC


Verse 1:
Chord diagramC majorC                           Chord diagramFF
Robert was a sailor for the best years of his life
                    Chord diagramC majorC                            Chord diagramG7G7
His captain was his mother and the ocean was his wife
     Chord diagramC majorC                                             Chord diagramFF
Only fresh out of the cradle, life's one and only spring
                       Chord diagramC majorC            Chord diagramG7G7                       Chord diagramC majorC
He was sworn to do his duty and got blood on his high school ring
Chorus:
         Chord diagramC majorC                               Chord diagramFF
And it's hello California, hello Dad and Mom
                Chord diagramC majorC                         Chord diagramG7G7
Ship ahoy, your baby boy is home from Vietnam
          Chord diagramC majorC                                           Chord diagramFF
Don't you ask me any questions about the medals on my chest
                         Chord diagramC majorC                 Chord diagramG7G7                Chord diagramC majorC
Take the star out of the window and let my conscience take a rest


Solo:
Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramFF  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG7G7
Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramFF  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG7G7  Chord diagramC majorC


Verse 2:
       Chord diagramC majorC                                              Chord diagramFF
Now he sailed across the ocean to the old Far Eastern war
                          Chord diagramC majorC                           Chord diagramG7G7
And it was foreign to his body, it was foreign to his shore
      Chord diagramC majorC                                               Chord diagramFF
So he traded in the present for the better times he'd seen
                     Chord diagramC majorC            Chord diagramG7G7             Chord diagramC majorC
And made an Oriental waitress his own homecomin' queen


Chorus:
         Chord diagramC majorC                               Chord diagramFF
And it's hello California, hello Dad and Mom
                Chord diagramC majorC                         Chord diagramG7G7
Ship ahoy, your baby boy is home from Vietnam
          Chord diagramC majorC                                           Chord diagramFF
Don't you ask me any questions about the medals on my chest
                         Chord diagramC majorC                 Chord diagramG7G7                Chord diagramC majorC
Take the star out of the window and let my conscience take a rest

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