Acadian Driftwood Chords by Richard Shindell

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[D] The war was over [A] and the spirit was broken
[Bm] The hills were smoking [G] as the men withdrew
We [D] _ stood on the cliffs, [A] oh, and watched the ships
[Em] _ Slowly sink [G] into their _ rendezvous
[D] _ They signed a treaty and our [A] homes were taken
[Bm] Love once forsaken, [G] they didn't give a damn _
[D] Tried to raise a family, [A] ended up the [Em] enemy
Over what went down [D] on the plains [G] of Abraham _
_ [D] _ [G] Acadian [Bm] driftwood, [A] gypsy _
[D] tailwind
[G] They call my [Em] home [G] the land of snow
[D] _ [G] Canadian coal [Bm] front moving [A]
in [Bm] gold
[A] What a [G] way to write, oh, what a way [D] to go
_ [G] _ _ [Bm] _ [Em] _ _ [G]
Some [D] _ _ returned to [A] the motherland
[Bm] High command [G] had them cast away
[D] Some stayed on to finish [A] what they started
[Em] They never parted, they [G] just built that way
_ [D] We had kin [A] living south of [D] the border
[Bm] They were a little older and [G] they'd been around
The [D] _ road in the land of [A] life here is a whole lot better
[Em] So pull up your stakes, [G] children, and come on down
_ [D] _ [G] Acadian [Bm] driftwood, gypsy [A] _ [D] tailwind
They [G] call my [Em] home the [G] land of [A] snow
[D] _ [G] Canadian coal [Bm] front [A] moving in [Bm] gold
[D] What [G] a way to write, oh, what a way [D] to go
_ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ [D] _
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[G] _ _ [D] _ Fifteen under zero [A] and the day became a threat
[Bm] My clothes were wet and [G] I was drenched to the bone
_ [D] Been out ice fishing [A] with too much repetition
_ [Em] Make a man want to leave [G] the only home he's known
_ [D] Sailing out of the Gulf [A] heading for St.
Pierre
[Bm] Nothing to declare and [G] all we had was gone
_ [D] _ Broke down along the [A] coast, oh, but what hurt the most
[Em] When the people there said you [G] better keep moving on
[D] _ Everlasting summer [A] filled with ill-content
[Bm] This government had [G] us walking in chains
[D] This isn't my turf, this [A] ain't my season
[G] Can't think of one good reason to remain
_ [D] _ Worked in the sugar fields [A] up from New Orleans
[Bm] It was evergreen [G] up until the floods
[D] You could call it no when it [A] points to where you're going
[Em] Set my compass [G] north, I got winter in my blood
_ [D] _ [G] Acadian [Bm] driftwood, [A] gypsy [D] tailwind
They [G] call my _ home the land of [D] snow
[G] Canadian cold [Bm] blood [A] moving [Bm] me [D] low
What [G] a way to write, oh, what a way [D] to go
[G] C _ _ [Em] _ _
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[G] _ _ [D]'est [G] tout Acadien, j'ai le mal du [D] pays
La [G] neige Acadienne fait des larmes [D] au soleil
J [G]'arrive [Em] Acadien, j [G]'ai le mal [D] du pays
La [G] neige _ Acadienne fait des larmes [D] au soleil
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