Acadian Driftwood (Remastered 2000) Chords

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