Take The Star Out Of The Window chords by John Prine

Intro:
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Verse 1:
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Robert was a sailor for the best years of his life
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His captain was his mother and the ocean was his wife
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Only fresh out of the cradle, life's one and only spring
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He was sworn to do his duty and got blood on his high school ring

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


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


Chorus:
         C                               F
And it's hello California, hello Dad and Mom
                C                         G7
Ship ahoy, your baby boy is home from Vietnam
          C                                           F
Don't you ask me any questions about the medals on my chest
                         C                 G7                C
Take the star out of the window and let my conscience take a rest