Chords for Don McLean - 1967 Nineteensixtyseven - A song against war

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[Em] _ _ _ [Am] In 1967 the _
[Dm] draft caught up with [G] me _ _
[D] And me and my [G] pal Joe went off to [C] war
_ We [F] _ _ _ _
[C] _ might find [Am] heroes heaven _
[Dm] But we keep the country [G] free _ _
[Dm] We would surely [G] win just like [C] before
_ _ Roy _ _
[F] _ Rogers he [G] was on his horse
[C] Tuck Jones drew [Am] his gun _
[Dm] And we would [G] surely win of course [Dm] when the battle was [G] all done _
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[Am] 1967 _ _ [Dm] I _ came back [G] alone.
_ _ [Dm] They brought Joe back [G] in plastic on the [C] plane _ _ _
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[Am] 1967
_ _ _ [Dm] Seemed so [G] long [Dm] ago
_ But I can't forget [G] my friend or ease my [C] pain _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] His family may [G] forget him his [C] children may [Am] regret
_ _ [Dm] His wife may [G] find another and [C] go on _ _
His _ _ [F] _ picture may [G] grow faded and [C] the world he knew [Am] gone shaded
_ _ [Dm] But as long as [F] I shall live, I [Fm] surely know _ I
_ _ [G] _ Never will forget my buddy [C] Joe _ _
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In
[Dm] 1967 war was raging [G]
on
_ _ [Dm] Our country was [G] divided and [C] reborn
_ So _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ I was back [Am] at home.
_ [Dm] I had never left [F] Saigon
[G] _ _ Cuz [Dm] all I got was [G] ridicule and [C] scorn _ _
This _ _ _ [F] _ was no place [G] for heroes now.
They [C] all seem to resent [Am] me
_ _ _ [Dm] They said why did [G] you ever go I [Dm] said _
[G] Because they sent me _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Am] 1967
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[Dm] They buried my [G] friend Joe. _ _
_ [Dm] _ I was [G] flashing back while people [C] went _ I
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[Dm] _ [C] _ Thought of how [Am] he saved us
[Dm] And I watched the [G] land mine blow [Dm] and I looked down at his [G] dog tag
[C] That I can _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] You'll always [G] be a young man
[C] You always will [Am] be smiling
_ [Dm] You always will [G] be
confident [C] and true _ _
Your _ _ [F] _ picture may [G] grow faded and [C] the world you knew [Am] gone jaded
_ _ [Dm] But as long as I [F] shall live, I surely [Fm] know _ I
_ _ _ _ [G] Never will forget you buddy [C] Joe _
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Long as I shall live [G] I _
[Fm] surely know _ I _
[G] Never will _ forget you buddy _ _ [C] Joe _ _ _ _
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