Don Mclean - 1967 Chords

[Intro]
C C6sus2 Em C G
 
 
[Verse 1]
   C                  C6           Dm       G
In Nineteen Sixty Seven the draft caught up with me,
Dm         Em             C        F
me and my pal Joe went off to war.
   C                  C6           Dm       G
We might find hero's heaven, but we'd keep the country free.
Dm         Em             C        G
We would surely win just like before.
 
 
[Bridge]
F             G
Roy Rogers he was on his horse, 
C             Am
and Buck Jones drew his gun.
Dm           G
We would surely win of course 
  Am             G
when the battle was all done.
 
 
[Verse 2]
   C                  C6           Dm       G
Nineteen Sixty Seven I came back alone,
Dm         Em             C        Cmaj7/9
they brought Joe back in plastic on the plane.
   C                  C6           Dm       G
Nineteen Sixty Seven seems so long ago,
Dm         Em             C        G
but I can't forget my friend or ease my pain.
 
 
[Bridge]
F             G              C             Am
His family may forget him, his children may regret him,
Dm           G         Am             G
his wife may find another and go on.
F             G              C             Am
His picture may grow faded and the world he knew gone jaded
Dm           G         Am           Caug7/9   G     F
but as long as I shall live I surely know,
G            C        Fm
I never will forget my buddy Joe.
 
 
C Am   Dm  G  Dm G
 
 
[Verse 3]
   C                  C6           Dm       G
In Nineteen Sixty Seven, the war was raging on,
Dm         Em             C        Cmaj7/9
our country was divided and reborn.
   C                  C6           Dm       G
Though I was back at home, I had never left Saigon,
Dm         Em             C        G
'cause all I got was ridicule and scorn.
 
 
[Bridge]
F             G
This was no place for hero's now, 
  C             Am
they all seemed to resent me,
Dm           G
They said "Why did you ever go?" 
Am             G
I said "Because they sent me."
 
 
[Verse 4]
   C                  C6           Dm       G
Nineteen Sixty Seven they buried my friend Joe,
Dm         Em             C        Cmaj7/9
and I was flashing back while people wept.
   C                  C6           Dm       G
I thought of how he saved us and I watched the land-mine blow,
Dm         Em             C        G
and I looked down at his dog-tag that I kept.
 
 
[Bridge]
F             G              C             Am
You'll always be a young man, you always will be smiling,
Dm           G         Am             G
you always will be confident and true.
F             G              C             Am
Your picture may grow faded and the world you knew gone jaded,
Dm           G         Am           Caug7/9   G     F
but as long as I shall live I surely know,
G            C         Fm
I never will forget my buddy Joe.
 
 
C
 
[Outro]
F             C                Dm
Long as I shall live I surely know,
F                            G
I never will forget you buddy Joe.