Acadian Driftwood chords by Shawn Colvin
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Intro 1
(C major) (G major) (F major) (C major) (A minor) (C major) (G major) (Dsus4) (C major)
(A minor)
The (C major)
Verse 1
(G major) war
was over and the spirit was broken
The (A minor) hills were smoking
(B flat major) and the men (A minor) withdrew
and we (G major) stood on the cliffs
an (B major) d (G major) watched the ships (B minor) (G major) slowly (C major)
sink (G major) into their (A minor) rendezvous (C major)
(G major) they signed a treaty
and our homes were taken
loved (A minor) ones for (B flat major) saken,
they didn't (A minor) give a damn
You (C major) (G major) try to raise a family,
you end up the (B major) en emy
Over (C major) what went down (G major)
on the plains of (A minor) Abraham
A (G major) Padian (C major) driftwood,
(A minor) gypsy tail (Dsus4) wind (C major)
(G major) They call my (C major) home the (A minor) land of (Dsus4) snow
Cana (G major) dian cold (C major) front mov (A minor) ing in (Dsus4)
(D major) What (A minor) a (G major) way to (C major) ride,
oh what a (A minor) way to go (Dsus4) (G major) (A minor) (C major) (A minor) (G major)
(Gsus4) (A minor)
An (G major) d then some returned
to the motherland
The (A minor) high command
(B flat major) had been (A minor) cast away (C major)
An (G major) d some stayed on
to (Bsus4) finish what (G major) they star (B major) ted
(C major) They never par (G major) ted,
they just (A minor) built their way (C major)
We (G major) had kin living south of the border
They (A minor) were (C major) a little older (B flat major)
and they'd (A minor) been around
An (C major) d they (G major) wrote in a letter,
life is (Bsus4) a whole lot (B major) better
So (C major) pull up your (G major) stakes, children,
and (A minor) come on down (C major) (G major)
Acadi (C major) an driftwood,
(A minor) gypsy tail, (Dsus4) yeah
They (G major) call my (C major) home the (A minor)
land of (Dsus4) snow
(G major) Canadian cold (C major) front mov (A minor) ing in (Dsus4)
What (A minor) a way to (C major) ride,
ah what a (A minor) way to go (C major) (G major) (C major) (A minor) (G major) (C major)
(Gsus4) (A minor)
15 (G major) under zero and the
(D major) day became (G major) a threat
My (A minor) clothes were (B flat major) wet
and I was (A minor) drenched to the bone (C major)
I've (G major) been out ice fishing,
too (Bsus4) much (B major) re petition
Make (C major) a man want to (G major) leave,
but only (A minor) hold me to know
We (Dsus4) (C major) (G major) sailed out of the Gulf
and we headed for St. Pierre
Nothing (A minor) to declare,
(B flat major) all we had (A minor) was gone (C major)
We (G major) broke down along the coast,
but (Bsus4) what hurt the most (B major)
Was (C major) when the people there said,
(G major) better keep (A minor) moving on (C major) (G major)
Acadi (C major) an driftwood, (A minor) gypsy tail (Dsus4) wind
They (G major) call my (C major) home,
(A minor) the land of (Dsus4) snow
(G major) Canadian cold (C major) front mov (A minor) ing in (Dsus4)
What (A minor) a (G major) way to (C major) ride, oh what (A minor) a way to go (C major)
(G major) (Dsus4) (Gsus4) (A minor) (G major) (C major) (A minor)
(G major) Everlasting summer filled with ill -content
This (A minor) government got (B flat major) us walk (A minor) ing in chains
(C major) This (G major) isn't my turf,
this (B major) (Bsus4) ain't the sea (B major) son,
(C major) can't think of (G major) one good
reason to (A minor) remain
(C major) An (G major) d we worked in the sugar fields
up from New Orleans
It (A minor) was evergreen (B flat major) up
un (A minor) til the floods
(C major) You (G major) might call it an omen,
(B major) point you where you're going
But (C major) I set my compass north,
(G major) I got (A minor) win ter in my blood (C major) (G major)
Canadian (C major) driftwood, (A minor) gypsy tail (Dsus4) wind
I (G major) call my (C major) home the (A minor) land of (Dsus4) snow
Cana (G major) dian cold (C major) front mov (A minor) ing in (Dsus4)
(A minor) What a (G major) way to (C major) ride (A minor) (G major) (C major)
What (A minor) a (G major) way to ride
(C major) Oh, what a (A minor) way to go (C major) (G major) (C major) (A minor)
(G major) (C major) (A minor) (G major) (Gsus4)
(A minor)
You
(G major) (C major) (Gsus4) (A minor)
Acadian Driftwood
Shawn Colvin
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