Acadian Driftwood

F                           C9
   The war was over and the spirit 
was broken
Dm9                Ebmaj9         
   The hills were smokin' as the 
 Gm7
men withdrew
F
   We stood on the cliffs
    C/G             A9
   Oh, and watched the ships
Bb                       
   Slowly sinking to their 
  Gm7
rendezvous
F                               
   They signed a treaty and our   
C9
homes were taken
Dm9           Ebmaj9
   Loved ones forsaken
               Gm7
   They didn't give a damn
F
   Try'n' to raise a family
C/G       A9
   End up the enemy
Bb                                
   Over what went down on the 
      Gm7
plains of Abraham

F        Bb
  Acadian driftwood
Gm7      C7
  Gypsy tail wind
Bb/D          F/C   Bb           
  They call my home   the land of
 Gm7
 snow
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F           Bb        Gm7       C7
  Canadian cold front    movin' in
Bb/D       F/C
  What a way to ride
Bb  Dm7/A      Gm7   C7   F
    Oh, what a way   to   go

 Then some returned to the 
motherland
 The high command had them cast away
  And some stayed on to finish what 
they started
 They never parted
 They're just built that way
 We had kin livin' south of the 
border
 They're a little older and they've 
been around
 They wrote a letter life is a whole
 lot better
 So pull up your stakes, children 
and come on down

 Fifteen under zero when the day 
became a threat
 My clothes were wet and I was 
drenched to the bone
 Been out ice fishing, too much 
repetition
 Make a man wanna leave the only 
home he's known
 Sailing out of the gulf headin' for
 Saint Pierre
 Nothin' to declare
 All we had was gone
 Broke down along the coast
 But what hurt the most
 When the people there said
 "You better keep movin' on"

 Everlasting summer filled with 
ill-content
 This government had us walkin' in 
chains
 This isn't my turf
 This ain't my season
 Can't think of one good reason to 
remain
 I've worked in the sugar fields up 
from New Orleans
 It was ever green up until the 
floods
 You could call it an omen
 Points ya where you're goin'
 Set my compass north
 I got winter in my blood

 Acadian driftwood
 Gypsy tail wind
 They call my home the land of snow
 Canadian cold front movin' in
 What a way to ride
 Ah, what a way to go

F          C7sus4  C7  Bb/D     
   Sais tu, A-ca-di-e   j'ai le mal 
 Gm7
du pays
   [You know, Acadia, I long for the
 country (I am homesick)]
F           C7sus4 C7  Bb/D     
   Ta neige, Acadie,    fait des 
 Gm7
larmes au soleil
   [Your snow, Acadia, makes tears 
in the sun (or for the sun)]
F       C7sus4  C7  Bb/D        
   J'arrive Acadie,   teedle um, 
 Gm7
teedle um, teedle ooh
   [I am arriving Acadia (or I am 
coming Acadia)]