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Far from the golden meadows round the village of  Grand-Pré.
    G        D       Em      D        G           C
Far from the land and ocean of her path of exile lay
   G          D      Em  D       G             C
Down many roads through many a town by river and by sea
      G   C/G      D        Em           C        D       G
Until all hope was long and far from the field of acadie

[Verse 2]
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Evangeline the fair was she when hope burned bright and clear
    G        D      Em        D        G           C
But from her beauty something lose with each and every year
   G         D         Em       D         G         C
At length to serve she took the veil as a sister of mercy
    G      C/G           D         Em           C         D       G
She turned away from the dreams of home and the fields of acadie

[Verse 3]
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First on a sunday morning through streets so still and grey
       G        D       Em      D        G           C
She went into an alms house with countenance so grave
   G         D         Em       D         G         C
Between the sick and the dying fools she moved like breath of spring
    G      C/G           D         Em           C         D       G
And the hand she lay on each burning brow was soft as an angel's wing

[Verse 4]
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But of a sudden from her cheeks the light and bloom did fade
   G         D         Em       D         G         C
And many a fevered head did turn at the dreadful cry she made
   G         D         Em       D         G         C
The hopes and fears of all the years in one sight had she seen
    G      C/G           D         Em           C         D       G
It was there she found her gabriel and he evangeline

[Verse 5]
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Now he beheld as in a dream the green fields of home
   G         D         Em       D         G         C
And from her sweet embracing arms he never more will roam
   G         D         Em       D         G         C
The searching heart will find its mate like river finds the sea
    G      C/G           D         Em           C         D       G
And in her arms he lies again in the fields of acadie