Acadian Driftwood chords by The Band

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G
D
Dsus4
Em
Asus4
A
Bm
C
E
F#sus4
F#m

Intro 1

Dsus4

Asus4

Verse 1
A 
The war was over And the spirit
was broken
Bm 
C 
The hills were smokin'
Em 
As the men withdrew
D 
We stood on the cliffs,
Em 
E 
F#sus4 
F#m 
G 
Oh and watched the ships,
Em 
Asus4 
Slowly sinking to their rendezvous

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Verse 2
D 
They signed a treaty
Asus4 
A 
And our homes were taken
Bm 
Loved-ones forsaken,
C 
forsaken,
Em 
They didn't give a damn.
D 
Try to raise a family
A 
E 
F#sus4 
End up an enemy
G 
Over what went down on
Em 
Asus4 
the Plains of Abraham.

Verse 3
D 
[Chorus]
G 
Acadian driftwood,
Em 
A 
Bm 
Gypsy tailwind
Asus4 
G 
They call     my home,
Em 
Asus4 
The land of snow
D 
G 
Canadian cold front,
Em 
A 
Movin' in
G 
A 
G 
What a way to ride,
Em 
D 
Oh what a way to go

Interlude 1

Asus4

Verse 4
D 
Then some returned,
A 
To the motherland
Bm 
C 
The high command,
Em 
D 
Had them cast away
Some stayed on,
Em 
F#m 
F#sus4 
F#m 
To finish what they  started
G 
They never parted,
Em 
D 
They're just built that way

Verse 5
A 
We had kin livin',
Asus4 
South of the border
Bm 
C 
They're a little older,
Em 
And they been around
D 
They wrote in a letter
Em 
E 
F#sus4 
F#m 
Life is a whole lot better
G 
So pull up your stakes, children,
Em 
G 
D 
And come on down
G 
Acadian driftwood,

Verse 6
Em 
Gypsy tailwind
A 
G 
Asus4 
G 
They call     my home,
Em 
The land of snow
D 
G 
Canadian cold front,
Em 
Asus4 
A 
Movin'      in
Bm 
A 
G 
What a way to ride,
Em 
D 
Asus4 
G 
Oh what a way to
Em 
D 
Asus4 
G 
Em 
go

Verse 7
D 
Fifty under zero when the
A 
day became a threat
Bm 
My clothes were wet
C 
Em 
And I was drenched to the bone
D 
Then out ice fishin', mmm,
A 
E 
F#sus4 
Too much repetition
G 
Make a man want to leave
Em 
The only home he's known

Verse 8
D 
Sailed out of the Gulf,
A 
Asus4 
Headed for St. Pierre
Bm 
C 
Nothing to declare,
Em 
All we had was gone
D 
A 
Broke down along the coast oh
F#m 
What hurt  the most
G 
When the people there said
Em 
Asus4 
"You better keep movin' on"

Verse 9
D 
G 
Acadian driftwood,
Em 
A 
Bm 
Gypsy tailwind
G 
Asus4 
They call my home,
G 
Em 
The land of snow
D 
G 
Canadian cold front,
Em 
Asus4 
Movin' in
Bm 
Asus4 
G 
What a way      to ride,
Em 
D 
Asus4 
Oh what a way to go
G 
Em 
D 
Asus4 
G 
Em 

Verse 10
D 
Everlastin' summer
A 
Filled with ill-contempt
Asus4 
Bm 
C 
This This government
Em 
Had us walkin' in chains
D 
This isn't my turn
A 
E 
F#sus4 
This isn't my season
G 
Can't think of one good reason
Em 
To  remain oh

Verse 11
D 
We worked in the sugar fields
A 
Up from New Orleans
Bm 
C 
It was ever-green
Em 
Up Up until the flood
D 
You could call it an omen
A 
F#m 
Point ya where ya    goin'
G 
Set my compass North
Em 
D 
I got winter in my blood
G 
Acadian driftwood,

Verse 12
Em 
A 
Asus4 
G 
Gypsy tailwind
Asus4 
They call my home,
G 
Em 
Asus4 
The land of snow
D 
G 
Canadian cold front,
Em 
A 
Movin' in
Bm 
G 
What a way to ride,
Em 
D 
Asus4 
Oh what a way to go
G 
Em 
D 
Asus4 
G 
Em 

Verse 13
D 
Asus4 
D 
Em 
Sais tu, Acadie j'ai le mal do pays
D 
Asus4 
Ta neige, Acadie,
D 
Em 
D 
fait des larmes au soleil
J'arrive Acadie,
G 
Em 
teedle um, teedle um, teedle oo
J'arrive Acadie, teedle um, teedle um,
D 
teedle oo
J'arrive Acadie,
Em 
teedle um, teedle um, teedle oo
D 
J'arrive Acadie,
Bm 
Em 
teedle um, teedle um, teedle oo
D 
J'arrive Acadie,
Em 
D 
teedle um, teedle um, teedle oo