1967

Don McLean

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1 = C Cmaj7/9 = *1213* [Intro] C6sus2 [Verse 1] In Nineteen Sixty Seven the draft caught up with me me and my pal Joe went off to war. We might find hero’s heaven but we’d keep the country free. We would surely win just like before. [Bridge] Roy Rogers he was on his horse and Buck Jones drew his gun. We would surely win of course when the battle was all done. [Verse 2] Nineteen Sixty Seven I came back alone      they brought Joe back in plastic on the plane. Nineteen Sixty Seven seems so long ago      but I can’t forget my friend or ease my pain. [Bridge] His family may forget him his children may regret him his wife may find another and go on.   His picture may grow faded and the world he knew gone jaded but as long as I shall live I surely know           I never will forget my buddy Joe.         [Verse 3] In Nineteen Sixty Seven the war was raging on our country was divided and reborn. Though I was back at home I had never left Saigon ’cause all I got was ridicule and scorn. [Bridge] This was no place for hero’s now they all seemed to resent me They said "Why did you ever go?" I said "Because they sent me." [Verse 4] Nineteen Sixty Seven they buried my friend Joe and I was flashing back while people wept. I thought of how he saved us and I watched the land-mine blow and I looked down at his dog-tag that I kept. [Bridge] You’ll always be a young man you always will be smiling you always will be confident and true. Your picture may grow faded and the world you knew gone jaded but as long as I shall live I surely know           I never will forget my buddy Joe. [Outro] Long as I shall live I surely know I never will forget you buddy Joe.

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La chanson aborde le souvenir douloureux d'un soldat qui se remémore son expérience durant la guerre de 1967. Il évoque son amitié avec Joe, un camarade tombé au combat, et décrit comment son retour à la maison a été ensombré par la perte de son ami. Malgré la distance et le temps qui passent, il reste profondément marqué par cette tragédie. Les souvenirs d'un temps où la bravoure et la loyauté semblaient se valoir deviennent des réflexions sur le sacrifice et la douleur de ceux qui restent, tout en soulignant la difficulté de réintégration dans une société qui ne comprend pas toujours la réalité des soldats. L’ensemble évoque les conflits intérieurs qui persistent bien après la fin des combats.