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Intro:
(C)(F)(C)(G)
(C)(F)(C)(G)(C)
C
Robert was a sailor
F
For the best years of his life
C
His Captain was his mother
G
And the ocean was his wife.
C
Only fresh out of the cradle
F
Life's one and only spring
C
He was sworn to do his duty
G C
Got blood on his high school ring.
Chorus:
C
And it's Hello California
F
Hello Dad and Mom
C
Ship Ahoy, your baby boy
G
Is home from Vietnam.
C
Don't 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.
Intrumental:
(C)(F)(C)(G)
(C)(F)(C)(G)
C
So he sailed across the ocean
F
To that old far Eastern war
C
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 he'd seen
C
Made an oriental waitress
G C
His own Homecoming Queen
Repeat chorus
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Tabs by: derdonkderd
Published: 8 Jul, 2009
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