Chords for The Roches - Acadian Driftwood

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_ _ [A] The war was over [E] and the spirit [Bm] was broken
[F#m] The [G] hills were smoking [Bm] as the men withdrew
_ [A] We stood on the cliffs, [E] oh, and [C#] watched the [D] ships
Slowly sinking [Bm] to their rendezvous
_ [A] They signed a treaty and our homes [D] were taken
[F#m] Loved [G] ones forsaken, [Bm] they didn't give a damn
[A] Try to raise a family, [E] end [C#] up the enemy
[D] Over what went down on the [Bm] plains of Abraham
_ [A] _ _ [D] Acadian [Bm] driftwood, gypsy [E] _ [F#m] tailwind
They [E] call my [D] home the [Bm] land of snow
[A] _ [D] Canadian coal [Bm] froth [E] moving [F#m] in
What a way to [B] ride, oh, what a way [A] to grow
Then _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [A] _ some returned [E] to the _ [F#m] motherland
The [G] high command [Bm] had them cast away
[A] Some stayed on [E] to finish what [C#] they started
[D] They never parted, [Bm] they just built that way
[A] _ We had kin [E] living south of the border
[F#m] They're a [G] little older [Bm] and they're getting around
_ [A] They wrote in a letter, [E] life is a whole [C#] lot better
_ [D] So pull off your stakes, [Bm] children, and come on down
_ [A] _ _ [D] Acadian [Bm] driftwood, gypsy [E] _ [F#m] tailwind
They [E] call my home [D] the [Bm] land of [A] snow
[D] Canadian coal [Bm] froth [E] moving [F#m] in
What a way to ride, [B] oh, what a way [A] to grow
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[Bm] _ _ [A] Fifteen under zero [E] when the day became a threat
_ [F#m] My [E] clothes were wet and [Bm] I was drenched to the bone
[A] Been out ice fishing, [E] hmm, not too much [C#] repetition
_ [D] Make a man wanna leave, [Bm] the only home he's known
_ [A] Sailed out of the Gulf, [E] heading for Saint Pierre
_ [F#m] Nothing [D] to declare, [Bm] all we had was gone
[A] Broke down along the coast, [E] hmm, what [C#] hurt the [D] most
When the people there said, you [Bm] better keep moving _ [A] on
[D] Acadian [Bm] driftwood, [E] gypsy [F#m] tailwind
They [E] call my [D] home the [Bm] land of [A] snow
[D] Canadian coal [Bm] froth [E] moving [A] in
What a way to ride, [Bm] oh, what a way [A] to grow
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[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
[B] _ _ [A] _ Everlasting summer [E] filled with ill content
_ [F#m] This [D] government [Bm] had us walking in chains
[A] This isn't my turn, [E] this [C#] ain't my season
[D] _ Can't think of one good [Bm] reason to remain
[A] Oh, we worked in the sugar [E] fields up from New Orleans
[F#m] There [G] was never green [Bm] up until the floods
[A] You could call it no [E] more, point you [C#] where you're [D] going
Said, my compass [Bm] north, I got winter in my blood
[A] _ [D] Acadian _ [Bm] driftwood, [E] gypsy [F#m] tailwind
They [E] call my _ [D] home [Bm] the land of snow
[A] _ [D] Canadian coal [Bm] froth [E] moving [F#m] in
What [B] a way to ride, oh, what a way [A] to grow
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[B] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [A] C'est tout [F#] Acadien, [B] je l'aime de [A] pire
La neige [F#] Acadien, fait [B] de l'homme [A] soleil
J'arrive [E] Acadien, pire [A] l'homme, pire l'homme, pire l'homme
J'arrive [E] Acadien, [B] pire l'homme, pire l'homme, [A] pire l'homme
J [B]'arrive Acadien, [A] pire l'homme, pire l'homme, pire _ l'homme
[F#m] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _