Quebecois Chords by Schooner Fare

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[E] My name [A] is Lévesque, I'm [B] a son [C#m] of Quebec, _ [A] I'm a farmer [E] and a Frenchman by [B] birth.
_ _ [E] I am used to [A] hard work and [B] the sun on [C#m] my neck, [A] and I raised what [E] I could from [B] the earth.
_ _ [A] But now [E] I'm a weaver [B] in some rich [C#m] man's mill, [A] making blankets [E] to earn a [B] week's pay. _
_ [E] And it's six [A] days a week, [B] gone to dark in [C#m] this [A] hell, but I'm going [B] back home come [E] some day.
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[E] I'm Giselle [A] Corriveau, [B] and I'm joining [A] my beau in the spring when [E] the log drive is [B] through.
_ _ _ [E] He's a [A] woodsman, you know, [B] and I do love [C#m] him so, [A] and for him there's [E] not much I [B] won't do.
_ _ [A] So I sweat all [E] day long in [B] the shoe [A]
factory, just to put a few [E] dollars [B] away, _ _
_ [E] to save [A] toward a farm [B] in our [C#m] own country, [A] cause we're going [B] back home come [E] some day. _
It [A] is work, it [E] is family, [B] it's church, it [C#m] is God, [A] it is why we [E] came here [B] to this _ land.
[A] To make a [E] new life and be [A] what we _ _ _ are, [E] the proud [B] and the strong [C#m] _ _
[A] Quebecois.
_ [E] The proud and [B] the [E] strong _ _ _ _ Quebecois.
I'm Gerard [A] Fournier, [C#] and I cut wood [C#m] all day, [A] in the spring [E] I am taking [B] a wife. _
_ [E] We'll go [A] back to the land, [B] it's our [C#m] forefathers' way, [A] to nurture [E] the earth is [B] our life. _
_ [A] And on Saturday [E]
nights, we [B] will dance [A] and we'll sing, raise a glass to [E] our family and friends.
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[E] And it's Sunday [A] to church, [E] and the [F#m] solace [C#m] it brings, [A] and on Monday [B] we'll start [E] once again.
_ It [A] is work, [E] it is family, [B] it's church, it [C#m] is God, [A] it is why we [E] came here to [B] this _ _ land.
[A] To make [E] a new life and be [A] what we are, _ _ [E] the proud [B] and the strong [C#m] _ _ _ [A]
Quebecois.
_ [E] The proud [B] and the strong [E] _ Quebecois. _
_ Oh, we [A] are the folk [Em] who _ [C#m] quietly toil, [A] in this new land [E] of hope we have [B] found. _ _
[E] In the [A] woods, on the sea, [B] in the hard rocky [C#m] soil, [A] in the factories [E] that clutter the [B] towns. _
[A] And we raised [E] up cathedrals [B] to the glory [C#m] of [A] God.
The builds [E] of our blood and [B] our tears. _ _
[E] And we made it [A] through hard times [E] and hunger [C#m] and flood, [A] and we'll be here [B] for thousands [E] of _ years. _
[A] It is work, it [E] is family, [B] it is church, it [C#m] is God, [A] it is why we [E] came here to [B] this _ _ land.
[A] To make [E] a new life and be [A] what we _ _ are, [E] the proud [B] and the strong _ [C#m] _ _ [A]
Quebecois.
_ [E] The proud and [B] the strong [E] _ _ _ _
Quebecois.
It [A] is work, it [E] is family, [B] it is church, [C#m] it is God, [A] it is why [E] we came here to [B] this _ _ land.
[A] To make [E] a new life and [A] be what we _ _ are, [E] the proud [B] and the strong [C#m] _ _ [A] Quebecois. _
[E] The proud [B] and the strong [C#m] _ _ [A] Quebecois. _
[E] The proud [B] and the strong [C#m] _ _ _ Quebecois. _
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[E] The proud and the [B] strong [E] _ _ _ Quebecois. _
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