Acadian Driftwood

	 
[Intro]
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[Verse]
    D                    Asus4 
The war was over and the spirit was
 broken 
The war was over and the spirit was broken 
Bm             G              Em7
The hills were smokin' as the men
 
 withdrew 
The hills were smokin' as the men withdrew 
D                       A/E    
We stood on the cliffs, Oh, and
             F#m 
 watched the ships 
We stood on the cliffs, Oh, and watched the ships 
G                       Em7 
Slowly sinking to their rendezvous 
D                            Asus4
They signed a treaty and our homes
 
 were taken 
They signed a treaty and our homes were taken 
Bm           Cadd9               Em7 
Loved ones forsaken, they didn't give
 a damn 
Loved ones forsaken, they didn't give a damn 
D                         A/E       
Tryin' to raise a family, end up the
 F#m 
 enemy 
Tryin' to raise a family, end up the enemy 
G                                   
Over what went down on the plains of
 Em7 
 Abraham
Over what went down on the plains of Abraham
[Chorus]
D       G          Em7   Asus4  A 
Acadian driftwood, gypsy tailwind, 
G/B          D/A  G            Em7 
They call my home, the land of snow 
D        G           Em7    Asus4 A 
Canadian cold front, movin' in 
G/B       D/A      G  Bm      Em7 A7
What a way to ride, oh what a way to
 D 
 go
What a way to ride, oh what a way to go
[Verse]
     D                    Asus4 
Then some returned to the motherland
 
Then some returned to the motherland 
Bm             G              Em7 
The high command had them cast away 
D                       A/E      
And some stayed on to finish what
           F#m 
 they started 
And some stayed on to finish what they started 
G                        Em7 
They never parted, they're just built
 that way 
They never parted, they're just built that way 
D                            Asus4 
We had kin livin' south of the border
 
We had kin livin' south of the border 
Bm           Cadd9              
They're a little older and they've
 Em7 
 been around 
They're a little older and they've been around 
D                         A/E      
They wrote a letter life is a whole
  F#m 
 lot better 
They wrote a letter life is a whole lot better 
G                                   
So pull up your stakes, children and
 Em7 
 come on down
So pull up your stakes, children and come on down
[Chorus]
D       G          Em7   Asus4  A 
Acadian driftwood, gypsy tailwind, 
G/B          D/A  G            Em7 
They call my home, the land of snow 
D        G           Em7    Asus4 A 
Canadian cold front, movin' in 
G/B       D/A      G  Bm      Em7 A7
What a way to ride, oh what a way to
 D 
 go
What a way to ride, oh what a way to go
[Verse]
     D                    Asus4
Fifteen under zero when the day
 
 became a threat 
Fifteen under zero when the day became a threat 
Bm             G             
My clothes were wet and I was
 Em7 
 drenched to the bone 
My clothes were wet and I was drenched to the bone 
D                        A/E        
Been out ice fishing, mhmm, too much
         F#m 
 repetition 
Been out ice fishing, mhmm, too much repetition 
G                       Em7 
Make a man wanna leave the only home
 he's known 
Make a man wanna leave the only home he's known 
D                            Asus4 
Sailing out of the gulf headin' for
 Saint Pierre 
Sailing out of the gulf headin' for Saint Pierre 
Bm           Cadd9              
Nothin' to declare; All we had was
 Em7 
 gone 
Nothin' to declare; All we had was gone 
D                         A/E      
Broke down along the coast, oh, but
      F#m 
 what hurt the most 
Broke down along the coast, oh, but what hurt the most 
G                                
When the people there said "You'd
    Em7 
 better keep movin' on"
When the people there said "You'd better keep movin' on"
[Chorus]
D       G          Em7   Asus4  A 
Acadian driftwood, gypsy tailwind, 
G/B          D/A  G            Em7 
They call my home, the land of snow 
D        G           Em7    Asus4 A 
Canadian cold front, movin' in 
G/B       D/A      G  Bm      Em7 A7
What a way to ride, oh what a way to
 D 
 go
What a way to ride, oh what a way to go
[Verse]
     D                    Asus4 
Everlasting summer filled with ill
 content 
Everlasting summer filled with ill content 
Bm             G              Em7
This government had us walkin' in
 
 chains 
This government had us walkin' in chains 
D                        A/E     
This isn't my turf, this ain't my
            F#m 
 season 
This isn't my turf, this ain't my season 
G                       Em7 
Can't think of one good reason to
 remain 
Can't think of one good reason to remain 
D                            Asus4 
we worked in the sugar fields up from
 New Orleans 
we worked in the sugar fields up from New Orleans 
Bm           Cadd9               Em7 
It was ever green up until the floods
 
It was ever green up until the floods 
D                         A/E       
You could call it an omen, points ya
 F#m 
 where you're goin' 
You could call it an omen, points ya where you're goin' 
G                                   
Set my compass north, I got winter in
 Em7 
 my blood
Set my compass north, I got winter in my blood
[Chorus]
D       G          Em7   Asus4  A 
Acadian driftwood, gypsy tailwind, 
G/B          D/A  G            Em7 
They call my home, the land of snow 
D        G           Em7    Asus4 A 
Canadian cold front, movin' in 
G/B       D/A      G  Bm      Em7 A7
What a way to ride, oh what a way to
 D 
 go
What a way to ride, oh what a way to go
[Outro]
D       Asus4  A     G/B        Em7
Sais tu, A-ca-di-e   j'ai le mal du
 
 pays 
Sais tu, A-ca-di-e   j'ai le mal du pays 
D              Asus4 A  G/B      Em7
Ta neige, Acadie,    fait des larmes
 
 au solei 
Ta neige, Acadie,    fait des larmes au solei 
 D       Asus4 A   G/B        Em7   
J'arrive Acadie,   teedle um, teedle
         D 
 um, teedle ooh
J'arrive Acadie,   teedle um, teedle um, teedle ooh