Acadian Driftwood chords by The Band
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Intro 1
(G major) (D major) (Dsus4) (G major) (E minor) (D major) (Asus4)
(G major) (E minor) (D major)
Verse 1
The war was over And the spirit (A major)
was broken
(B minor) The hills were smokin' (C major)
As the men (E minor) withdrew
(D major) We stood on the cliffs,
Oh (E minor) and (E major) watched the ships, (F sharpsus4) (F sharp minor) (G major)
Slowly sinking to their (E minor) rendezvous (Asus4)
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Verse 2
(D major) They signed a treaty
And our (Asus4) homes (A major) were taken
(B minor) Loved-ones forsaken,
for (C major) saken,
They didn't (E minor) give a damn.
(D major) Try to raise a family
(A major) End (E major) up an en (F sharpsus4) emy
(G major) Over what went down on
the Plains of (E minor) Abraham. (Asus4)
Verse 3
(D major) [Chorus]
Acadian (G major) driftwood,
(E minor) Gypsy (A major) (B minor) tailwind
They (Asus4) call my home, (G major)
The (E minor) land of snow (Asus4)
(D major) Canadian (G major) cold front,
(E minor) Movin' in (A major)
(G major) What a (A major) way to ride, (G major)
Oh what a (E minor) way to go (D major)
Interlude 1
(D major) (Asus4) (G major)
(E minor) (D major) (G major) (Asus4) (G major) (E minor)
Verse 4
(D major) Then some returned,
To (A major) the motherland
(B minor) The high (C major) command,
Had them (E minor) cast away (D major)
Some stayed on,
To fin (E minor) ish what (F sharp minor) they star (F sharpsus4) ted (F sharp minor)
(G major) They never parted,
They're just (E minor) built that way (D major)
Verse 5
We had kin livin', (A major)
South of the border (Asus4)
(B minor) They're a little older, (C major)
And they (E minor) been around
(D major) They wrote in a letter
Life is a (E minor) whole lot (E major) better (F sharpsus4) (F sharp minor)
(G major) So pull up your stakes, children,
And (E minor) come on down (G major) (D major)
Acadian (G major) driftwood,
Verse 6
(E minor)
Gypsy tailwind
(A major) They (G major) (Asus4) call my home, (G major)
The land of (E minor) snow
(D major) Canadian (G major) cold front,
(E minor) Mov (Asus4) in' in (A major)
(B minor) What a (A major) way to ride, (G major)
Oh what a (E minor) way to (D major) (Asus4) (G major)
(E minor) (D major) (Asus4) (G major) (E minor) go
Verse 7
(D major) Fifty under zero when the
(A major) day became a threat
(B minor) My clothes were wet
(C major) And I was (E minor) drenched to the bone
(D major) Then out ice fishin', mmm,
(A major) Too much re (E major) peti (F sharpsus4) tion
(G major) Make a man want to leave
The only (E minor) home he's known
Verse 8
(D major) Sailed out of the Gulf,
Headed for (A major) St. (Asus4) Pierre
(B minor) Nothing (C major) to declare,
All we had (E minor) was gone
(D major) Broke down along the coast (A major) oh
What (F sharp minor) hurt the most
(G major) When the people there said
"You better keep (E minor) movin' on" (Asus4)
Verse 9
(D major) Acadian (G major) driftwood,
(E minor) Gypsy (A major) (B minor) tailwind
They (G major) call my (Asus4) home,
(G major) The land of (E minor) snow
(D major) Canadian (G major) cold front,
(E minor) Movin' in (Asus4)
(B minor) What a (Asus4) way to ride, (G major)
Oh what a (E minor) way to go (D major) (Asus4)
(G major) (E minor) (D major) (Asus4) (G major) (E minor)
Verse 10
(D major) Everlastin' summer
Filled with (A major) ill-contempt
This (Asus4) (B minor) This government (C major)
Had us (E minor) walkin' in chains
(D major) This isn't my turn
(A major) This (E major) isn't my sea (F sharpsus4) son
(G major) Can't think of one good reason
(E minor) To remain oh
Verse 11
(D major) We worked in the sugar fields
Up from New (A major) Orleans
(B minor) It was (C major) ever-green
Up Up un (E minor) til the flood
(D major) You could call it an omen
(A major) Point ya where (F sharp minor) ya goin'
(G major) Set my compass North
I got (E minor) winter in my blood (D major)
Acadian (G major) driftwood,
Verse 12
(E minor)
Gypsy (A major) (Asus4) (G major) tailwind
They call my (Asus4) home,
(G major) The (E minor) land of snow (Asus4)
(D major) Canadian (G major) cold front,
(E minor) Movin' in (A major)
(B minor) What a way to ride, (G major)
Oh what a (E minor) way to go (D major) (Asus4)
(G major) (E minor) (D major) (Asus4) (G major) (E minor)
Verse 13
(D major) Sais tu, Acadie (Asus4) (D major) j'ai (E minor) le mal do pays
(D major) Ta neige, Acadie, (Asus4)
(D major) fait (E minor) des larmes au soleil (D major)
J'arrive Acadie,
teedle (G major) (E minor) um, teedle um, teedle oo
J'arrive Acadie, teedle um, teedle um,
(D major) teedle oo
J'arrive Acadie,
teedle (E minor) um, teedle um, teedle oo
(D major) J'arrive Acadie,
teedle (B minor) um, teedle um, (E minor) teedle oo
(D major) J'arrive Acadie,
teedle (E minor) um, teedle um, (D major) teedle oo
Acadian Driftwood
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