Key: A major•
Intro 1
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Esus4
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The
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war
was over and the spirit was broken
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and the men withdrew
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and watched the ships slowly
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sink into their rendezvous
and our homes were taken
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loved ones forsaken,
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You try to raise a family,
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Over what went down
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A Padian driftwood,
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gypsy tail wind
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They call my home the land of snow
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Canadian cold front mov ing in
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What a way to ride,
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oh what a way to go
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to the motherland
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had been cast away
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to finish what they started
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They never parted,
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they just built their way
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They were a little older
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And they wrote in a letter,
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life is a whole lot better
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So pull up your stakes, children,
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and come on down
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gypsy tail, yeah
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They call my home the
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Esus4
Canadian cold front moving in
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D
What a way to ride,
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ah what a way to go
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day became a threat
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My clothes were wet
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and I was drenched to the bone
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too much re petition
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Make a man want to leave,
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We sailed out of the Gulf
and we headed for St. Pierre
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all we had was gone
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but what hurt the most
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better keep moving on
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Acadian driftwood, gypsy tailwind
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They call my home,
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the land of snow
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D
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Esus4
Canadian cold front mov ing in
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D
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What a way to ride, oh what a way to go
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Esus4
Asus4
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This government got us walking in chains
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This isn't my turf,
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this ain't the season,
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can't think of one good
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An d we worked in the sugar fields
up from New Orleans
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It was evergreen up
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You might call it an omen,
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I got win ter in my blood
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Esus4
Canadian driftwood, gypsy tail wind
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D
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Esus4
I call my home the land of snow
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D
Bm
Esus4
Canadian cold front mov ing in
Bm
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D
Bm
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D
What a way to ride
Bm
A
What a way to ride
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Bm
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D
Bm
Oh, what a way to go
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D
Bm
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Asus4
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You
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Asus4
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