Acadian Driftwood Chords

Capo 3rd fret

And drop D

Intro figure

  The Dwar was over and the Asus4spirit was broken

  BmThe hills were Gsmokin' as the Em7men withdrew

  DWe stood on the cliffs, A/EOh, and watched the F♯mships

  GSlowly sinking to their Em7rendezvous

  DThey signed a treaty and our Asus4homes were taken

  BmLoved ones foCadd9rsaken, they didn't Em7give a damn

  DTryin' to raise a family, A/Eend up the F♯menemy

  GOver what went down on the plains of Em7Abraham

Chorus

  DAcadian Gdriftwood, Em7gypsy Asus4tailwinAd,

  G/BThey call my D/Ahome,G the land of Em7snow

  DCanadian Gcold front, Em7movin' Asus4in A

  G/BWhat a wayD/A to ride,G ohBm what a Em7way A7to Dgo

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

CHORUS

Fifteen under zero when the day became a threat

My clothes were wet and I was drenched to the bone

Been out ice fishing,mhmm,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,oh,But what hurt the most

When the people there said "You'd better keep movin' on"

CHORUS

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

we 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

CHORUS

Coda,en francais to fade:

  DSais tu,Asus4 A-ca-dAi-e G/Bj'ai le malEm7 du pays

  DTa neige, AcadiAsus4e, AfaiG/Bt des larEm7mes au solei

  JD'arrive Asus4AcadieA, G/Bteedle um, Em7teedle um, teedDle ooh