Take The Star Out Ofthe Widow Uke tab by John Prine

3 Chords used in the song: C, F, G

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Album:  unknown
Difficulty: 
2.33
(Beginner)
Key: C, AmChords
Intro:
(C C)(F F)(C C)(G G)
(C C)(F F)(C C)(G G)(C C)

C C
Robert was a sailor
F F
For the best years of his life
C C
His Captain was his mother
G G
And the ocean was his wife.
C C
Only fresh out of the cradle
F F
Life's one and only spring
C C
He was sworn to do his duty
G G C C
Got blood on his high school ring.

Chorus:

C C
And it's Hello California
F F
Hello Dad and Mom
C C
Ship Ahoy, your baby boy
G G
Is home from Vietnam.
C C
Don't you ask me any questions
F F
'Bout the medals on my chest
C C
Take the star out of the window
G G C C
And let my conscience take a rest.

Intrumental:

(C C)(F F)(C C)(G G)
(C C)(F F)(C C)(G G)

C C
So he sailed across the ocean
F F
To that old far Eastern war
C C
it was foreign to his body
G G
it was foreign to his shore.
C C
So he traded in the present
F F
for the better times he'd seen
C C
Made an oriental waitress
G G C C
His own Homecoming Queen

Repeat chorus

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