---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take the Star Out of the Window - John Prine ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Email: Dlgibson@netscape.com Tuning: Standard Artist: John Prine Album: Diamonds in the Rough Year: 1972 Intro e|----0---0---------------1-------1-----1---0----------------3-3--| B|----1---1---------------1-------1-----1---1----------------0-0--| G|--0-0-0-0-------0-2-0---2---0h2-2-0h2-2---0------0-----0---0-0--| D|----------0h2---------3-3-----------------2--0h2---0h2-----0-0--| A|--------------3-------------------------3-3----------------2-2--| E|---------------------------------------------------------3-3-3--| e|----0---0---------------1-------1-----1---0-0------3---3---0----| B|----1---1---------------1-------1-----1---1-1------0---0---1----| G|--0-0-0-0-------0-2-0---2---0h2-2-0h2-2---0-0------0---0---0----| D|----------0h2---------3-3-----------------2-2------0---0---2----| A|--------------3-------------------------3-3-3------2---2---3----| E|------------------------------------------------3--3---3--------| C F Robert was a sailor, For the best years of his life F C G His captain was his mother, And the ocean was his wife C F Only fresh out of the cradle, Lifes one and only spring C G C He was sworn to do his duty, And got blood on his highschool ring Chorus: C And its hello california F Hello dad and mom C Ship ahoy Your baby boy G Is home from vietnam C Dont you ask me any questions F bout the medals on my chest C Take the star out of the window G C And let my conscience take a rest (Rpeat Intro) C Now he sailed across the ocean F To the old far eastern war C And it was foreign to his body G It was foreign to his shore C So he traded in the present F For the better times hed seen C And made an oriental waitress G C His own home comin queen (repeat chorus) Cords CFG e|--0--|--1--|--3--| B|--1--|--1--|--0--| G|--0--|--2--|--0--| D|--2--|--3--|--0--| A|--3--|--3--|--2--| E|-----|--1--|--3--|