1967 chords by Don McLean

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Intro 1

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Verse 1
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In Nineteen Sixty
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Seven the draft caught up with me,
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Me and my pal Joe went
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off to war.
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We might find hero's heaven,
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but we'd keep the country free.
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We  would surely win just
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like before.
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Roy Rogers he was on his horse,
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and Buck Jones drew his gun.
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We  would surely win of course when
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the battle was all done.
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Verse 2
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Nineteen Sixty Seven  I   came back alone,
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They brought Joe back in plastic
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on the plane.
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Nineteen Sixty Seven seems so long ago,
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But I can't forget my
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friend or ease my pain.
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His family may forget him,
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his children may regret him,
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His wife may find another and go on.
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His picture may grow faded and
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the world he knew gone jaded
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But as long as I shall live I surely know,
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I never will forget my buddy Joe.

Interlude 1

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Verse 3
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In Nineteen Sixty Seven,
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the war was raging on,
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Our country was divided and
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reborn.
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Though I was back at home,
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I had never left Saigon,
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'cause all I got was ri
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dicule and scorn.
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This was no place for hero's now,
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they all seemed to resent me,
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