Acadian Driftwood (Remastered 2000) Chords

[Bb] _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [C] [Gm] The _
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[Gm] _ _ [F] _ war was over and the [C] spirit was broken [D] The [Bb] hills were smoking [Gm] as the men withdrew
[F] We stood on the cliffs [G] and [A] watched the [B] ships [Bb] _ Slowly sinking [Gm] to their rendezvous
_ [F] They signed a treaty and [C] our homes were [Bb] taken [D] Love [Bb] was forsaken, [Gm] they didn't give a damn
_ [F] Tried to raise a family, [C] [B] end up the enemy [Bb] Over what went down on the [Gm] plains of Abraham
_ [F] _ [Bb] _ Acadian [Gm] driftwood, gypsy _ tailwind They [C] call my [Bb] home the [Gm] land of [F] snow
_ [Bb] Canadian cold [Gm] front moving [Bb] in What a way to ride, [Gm] oh what [F] a way to go
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[Gm] _ _ [F] Then some returned [D] to the [C] motherland [D] The [Bb] high command [Gm] had been cast away
[F] And some stayed [G] on to finish [A] what they started [Bb] They never parted, [Gm] they're just built that way
_ [F] _ We had kin living [C] south of the border [Am] [Dm] They're a [Bb] little older [Gm] and they've been around
[F] _ They wrote in a letter, [Am] life is a whole lot better [B] [Bb] So pull up your stakes [Gm] children and come on [F] down
_ _ [Bb] _ Acadian [Gm] driftwood, gypsy _ [C] [Bb] tailwind They [C] call my [Bb] home the [Gm] land of snow
[F] _ [Bb] Canadian cold front moving _ [C] [Dm] in [Bb] What a way to [F] ride, [Gm] oh what a way [F] to go _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ [F] _ Fifteen under zero, then [C] the day became a [Gm] threat [D] My [Bb] clothes were wet and I was next to the phone
[F] Then out ice fishing, [C] too much [Em] repetition [B] _ [Bb] Make a man want to leave, [Gm] the only homies known
_ [F] Sailed out of the Gulf, heading for Saint [C] Pierre _ [Dm] Nothing [Bb] to declare, [Gm] all we had was gone
[F] _ Broke down along the coast, [C] oh [G] what [Am] hurt the most [Bb] When the people there said, you [Gm] better keep moving [F] on
_ _ [Bb] Acadian [Gm] driftwood, gypsy _ [Bb] tailwind They [C] call my [Bb] home [Gm] the land of [F] snow
[Bb] Canadian cold [Gm] front moving [Bb] in What a way to [F] [Gm] ride, oh what a way [F] to go
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[Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Gm] _ _ [F] _ Everlasting summer filled [C] with ill content _ [Db] [D] This [Gm] government had us walking in [F] chains
_ This isn't my turf, [C] [G] this [Am] ain't my season [Bb] Can't think of one good [Gm] reason to remain
_ [F] We worked in the sugar fields up [Am] from [C] New Orleans [Am] [Dm] It [Bb] was ever [Eb] green [Gm] up until the flood
[F] You could call it an old [C] mormon, won't you [Am] where you're going [Bb] _ Set my compass [Gm] north, I got winter in my blood
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ [Gm] Acadian driftwood, [Bb] gypsy tailwind They call [C] my [Bb] home [Gm] the land of [F] snow
[Bb] Canadian cold front moving in What a way to ride, oh what a [F] way to go
_ Said _ [Bb] _ _
[Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Gm] _ _ [F] _ to _ [Bb] Acadia, [Gm] share the [F] magic babe [Bb] Don't let Jacadia, [Gm] bet your [F] love on Soleil
said to Acadia, [Bb] _
_ _ [F] _ share the magic babe Don't let Jacadia, [Dm]
bet your love [Gm] on [F] Soleil
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