Tabbed by: Dave S.
Email: D*

Tuning: Standard

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
    C     F     G
e|--0--|--1--|--3--|
B|--1--|--1--|--0--|
G|--0--|--2--|--0--|
D|--2--|--3--|--0--|
A|--3--|--3--|--2--|
E|-----|--1--|--3--|