Chords for The Band - Acadian Driftwood - 11/25/1976 - Winterland (Official)

[F] We're gonna [G] do another Canadian song.
We're gonna [Ab] bring out some of the Canadians to help us do it.
[F] That's okay.
[Bb] _ _ The _ _
[F] _ [B] _ _ _ [Fm] _ [F] _ _ _
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[Bb] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [F] _
war was over and [C] the spirit was broken.
[Dm] The [Eb] hills were [Bb] smoking [Gm] as the men withdrew.
_ [F] We stood on the cliffs, [G] _ [A] amongst the ships.
[Bb] _
Swooned St.
King [Gm] to their rendezvous.
_ [F] They signed the treaty [C] and our homes were taken.
[Dm] [Eb] A loved one's forsaken, they [Gm] didn't give a damn.
_ [F] Tried to raise a family, [G] [A] end up the enemy.
[Bb] Over what went down on the [Gm] plains of Abraham.
_ _ [F] Our [Bb] Canadians ripped [Gm] wood, gypsy [C] tail [Dm] whip.
[Bb] They [C] call my [Bb] home the [Gm] land of snow.
[F] _
[Bb] Canadian cold [Gm] front blew [C] their key.
[Dm] [C] What a [Bb] way to [F] write [Gm] it [F] home. _ _
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Then some returned to [C] the motherland and [Dm] _ _
[Ab] _ [Gm] were cast away.
_ [F] _
Some stayed on until [G] they finished [A] what they started.
[C] _ [Bb]
We're not the party, [Gm] we're just not that way.
_ [F] _
We had kids that lived south [C] of the border.
[Dm] They're a [Eb] little older [Gm] and they didn't round.
_ [F] _ They wrote in a letter, [G] life is a whole lot [A] better.
_ [Bb] So pull up your stakes children [Gm] and come on down.
Our _ [F] _ [Bb]
Canadians [Gm] ripped wood, [C] gypsy tail [Dm] whip.
They [Bb] call my home [Gm] the land of snow.
[F] _ [Bb]
Canadian cold [Gm] front blew [C] their key.
[Dm] [Gm] What a [Bb] way to [F] write, [Gm] oh what a way [F] to go. _ _ _
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_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [F] Fifteen under zero when the [C] day became a threat.
[Dm] My [Bb]
clothes were wet, [Gm] I was drenched to the bone.
_ [F] I've been out ice fishing, [C] oh too much to [Am] consume.
[Dm] _ [Bb] They command water, leave [Gm] the home for me to roam.
_ [F] Filled out of the drum, looking for safety, [C] yeah.
_ [Dm] Nothing [Bb] to declare, [Gm] oh my head was gone.
_ [F] _ _
_ [G] People wondered [A] along, [Bb] people that said you gotta [Gm] keep moving on.
_ [F] [Bb] Our Canadians ripped wood, [Gm] [C] gypsy tail whip.
[Dm] [D] They call my [Bb] home [Gm] the land of snow.
[F] _
[Bb] Canadian cold [Gm] front blew [C] their key.
[Dm] [C] What a [Bb] way to [F] write, [Gm] oh what a [F] way to go. _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ [Gm] _ _ _ [F] _ _
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Lasting summer filled with [C] guilt and [Dm] temptation.
This [Bb] government is [Gm] walking in cheese.
_ [F] This ain't my turf, [G] this ain't [A] my season.
_ [Bb] Can't think of one good [Gm] reason to remain.
_ [F] _ We worked in the sugar fields, [C] from our roots to our veins.
_ [Dm] [Bb] It was evergreen, love [Gm] the feel of the mud.
[F] You could call it a no man, [G] oh what a way to [F] go.
_ [Bb] Set my compass north, I [Gm] got winter in my blood.
[F] _ [Bb] Our Canadians ripped [Gm] wood, [C] gypsy tail [D] whip.
[C] They call my [Bb] home [Gm] the land of snow.
_ [F] _ [Bb]
Canadian cold [Gm] front blew [C] their key.
[Dm] [Bb] What a way to [F] write, [Gm] oh what a way to [F] go. _ _ _
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Say to [Bb] Agassiz, [Gm] let the fire get [F] paid.
Turn ash, Agassiz, [Gm] bend your arm [F] or swung it.
Journey like a sea, [Gm] diddle dum diddle dum diddle [F] do.
Journey like a sea, [Gm] diddle dum diddle dum diddle [F] do.
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