Chords for The Band - Acadian Driftwood (The Last Waltz)

We're gonna do another Canadian song.
We're gonna bring out some of the Canadians to help us [Db] do it.
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The [C] _ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _
war was over and the [C] spirit was broken.
[Dm] [Bb] The hills were smoking [Gm] as the men _ withdrew.
[F] Stood on the cliffs, [G] watched [A] the ships.
_ [Bb] _
Slowly sinking to [Gm] their rendezvous.
_ [F] They signed the treaty and our [C] homes were taken.
[Dm] Our [Eb] loved ones forsaken, they [Gm] didn't give a damn.
_ [F] Tried to raise a family, [G] ended up [A] an enemy.
[Bb] Over what went down on the plains [Gm] of Abraham.
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Canadian [Gm] driftwood, [C] gypsy _ [Bb] tailwind.
They call my home the [Gm] land of snow.
[F] _ [Bb]
Canadian coal from [Gm] the [C] rim can.
[Dm] [C] What a [Bb] way to [F] ride [Gm] home, my way to [F] go. _ _ _
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_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [F] Then some returned to [C] the motherland.
[Dm] _
[Eb] High [F] Command [Gm] had them cast away.
_ [F] And some stayed [C] until they finished [A] what they started.
[Bb] They never parted, [Gm] they just built back great.
[F] _ Oh we had kids running south [C] of the border.
[Dm] [Bb] Never did a loader [Gm] and didn't get around.
[F] _ They rode in a ladder, life [C] is a whole [A] lot better.
[F] _ [Bb] So pull up your stakes children and come [Gm] on down.
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Canadian [Gm] driftwood, [C] gypsy _ [Bb] tailwind.
[C] They call my [Bb] home [Gm] the land of snow.
[F] _ [Bb]
Canadian coal [Gm] from the rim [C] can.
_ [F] [Bb] What a way to [Am] ride home, [Gm] what a [F] way to go. _ _ _
_ [C] _ [F] _ [Gm] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [F] Fifteen under zero when the day became [C] a threat.
_ [Dm] [Bb] My clothes were wet and [Gm] I was drenched to the bone.
[F] I've been out ice fishing, [C] oh too much [Am] repetition.
_ [Bb] Make a man want to leave, they [Gm] only homies know.
_ [F] _ Sailed out of the Gulf in for [C] St.
Pierre.
_ [Dm] [Eb] Nothing to declare, [Gm] all we had was dogs.
_ [F] Walked out the long coast, [G] what hurt [A] the most.
_ [Bb] When the people left us there, you gotta [Gm] keep moving on.
_ [F] _ [Bb] Canadian _ [Gm] driftwood, [C] gypsy [Dm] tailwind.
[F] They call my [Bb] home [Gm] the land of snow.
[F] [Bb] Canadian coal [Gm] from the [C] rim [Bb] can.
What a way to [Am] ride [Gm] home, what a [F] way to [Bb] go.
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_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [F] Every last good song I filled with [C] pure intent.
_ [Dm] [Bb] This government [Gm] had us walking in shame.
_ [F] This scheme of dirt, _ [Em] this ain't [A] my season.
_ [Bb] Can't think of one good reason [Gm] to remain.
_ [F] They worked in the sugar fields, my [C] mama knew our names.
_ [Dm] [Bb] It was never green, cubs would [Gm] tell the floods.
_ [F] You could call it a no man's, [C] a pointy [Em] way to [F] go.
[Bb] I set my compass [Gm] north, I got better in the mud.
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Canadian driftwood, [Gm] [C] gypsy _ [Gm] tailwind.
They call [Bb] my home [Gm] the land of snow.
[F] _ [Bb]
Canadian coal [Gm] from the rim [C] can.
_ [Dm] [Bb] What a way to [F] ride, [Gm] what a [F] way to go. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] Say to you I can see, _ [Bb] [Gm] there's a flood [F] in the moon.
Tremors I can [Bb] see, [Gm] but the lawn [F] was swollen.
Chant it I can see, [Gm] dee da dum dee da dum dee da dum.
[F]
Chant it I can see, [Gm] dee da dum dee da dum [F] dee da dum.
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_ _ _ _ [G] Thank you.
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