Chords for Acadian Driftwood - Blackie & The Rodeo Kings w/Kathleen Edwards

[A] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [D] _ War was over and the [A] spirits
of the world
[Bm] _ [C] Hills were smoking [Em] as the men withdrew
_ [D] _ Stood on the cliffs [A]
[F#] all and watched the [G] ships
Slowly sinking [Em] to their _ rendezvous
[D] They signed a treaty [A] and our homes were taken
[Bm] _ [C] Loved ones forsaken, [Em] but they didn't give a damn
_ [D] Tried to raise a family, [A] _
[F#m] end up the [G] enemy
Over what went down on [Em] the plains of Abraham
_ [D] _ [G] Acadian _ driftwood, [A] jet-speed [Bm] tailwind
[D] They call my home [G] _
the land of [D] snow
[G] Canadian coal-fired, [A] moving [Bm] in
[A] [G] What a way to [D] [Em] ride, what a way [D] to go
Then _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [Em] _ _ [D] _ some returned [A] to the motherland
[B] The [C] high command [Em] had them cast away
[D] Some stayed on [A] to [F#m] finish what they started
[G] They never parted, [Em] they're just built that way
[D] The _ Adkin are [A] living south of the border
[G] They're a little [Em] older and they've been there a long
[D] They roll in leather [A] like there's a whole [F#m] lot
_ [G] So pull up your steaks, [Em] children, and come on down
[D] _ _ [G] Acadian driftwood, jet [A]-speed [Bm] tailwind
[D] [G] They call my home the land of snow
[D] _ [G] Canadian coal [Em]-fired, [A] moving [Bm] in
[A] What [G] a way to ride, [Em]
what a way [D] to go
_ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [D] _ Fifteen under zero [A] when the day became a threat
[Bm] [G] My clothes were [C] wet, [Em] I was drenched to the bone
[D] Been out ice fishing, [A] too [F#m] much repetition
[G] _ Make a man want to leave, the [Em] only home he's known
[D] Sailing out of the Gulf, heading for [A] St.
Pierre
[Bm] Nothing [G] to declare, [Em] all we had was gone
[G] _ [D] Broke down along the coast, the [A] blue [F#m] of what earth [G] moans
And the people, they said, [Em] better keep moving on
[D] _ [G] Acadian driftwood, jet [A]-speed _ [Bm] [D] tailwind
They call my [G] home the [Em] land of snow
[D] _ [G] Canadian coal-fired, [Em] _
[A] moving in
[Bm] [D] What [G] a way to [D] ride, [Em]
what a way [D] to go
_ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ Everlasting summer [A] filled with hill-trimmed towns
[G] This government [Em] had us walking in [G] chains
[D] This isn't my turf, [A]
[F#m] this ain't my season
[G] I can't think of [D] one good [Em] reason to remain
[D] I worked in the sugar [G] fields up [A] from New Orleans
[Bm] It [C] was evergreen [Em] up until the flood
[G] [D] You could call in an omen [F#m] that points you where you're [G] going
Said my compass [Em] north, I got glitter in my blood
[D] _ _ [G] Acadian [Em]
driftwood, [A] jet-speed [Bm] tailwind
[D] They call my home [Em] the land of snow
[D] [G] Canadian coal-fired, [Em] moving [A] in
[E] [G] What a way to ride, what [D] a way to go
_ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [D] _ Said to [Em] Acadia, je ne m [D]'occupe
Faire de _ [Em]
jacquetire, faire de l'amour [D] soleil
J'ai ri, [Em] Acadia, fi de l'amour, fi de l'amour, [D] fi de l'amour
J'ai ri, [Em] Acadia, fi de l'amour, fi de l'amour, [D] fi de l'amour
Said to [Em] Acadia, je ne m [D]'occupe
Faire de [Em] jacquetire, faire de l'amour [D] soleil
J'ai ri, [Em] Acadia, fi de l'amour, fi de l'amour, [D] fi de l'amour
J'ai ri, [Em] Acadia, fi de l'amour, fi de l'amour, fi [D] de l'amour
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [Em] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _