Acadian Driftwood Chords by The Band

[Bb] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [C] _ [Gm] _ _
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[Gm] _ _ [F] _ The war was [D] over and the spirit [C] was broken [D] The [Bb] hills were smoking [Gm] as the men withdrew
[F] We stood on the [G] cliffs and watched [B] the [Bb] ships Slowly sinking [Gm] to their rendezvous
[F] _ They signed a treaty and our [C] homes were [Bb] taken [A] _ [D] [Bb] Loved ones forsaken, [Gm] they didn't give a damn
[F] Tried to raise a family, [C] _ [B]
end up the enemy [Bb] Over what went down on [Gm] the plains of Abraham
_ [F] _ _ [Bb] Acadian [Gm] driftwood, gypsy tailwind [C] They call my [Bb] home [Gm] the land [F] of snow
[Bb] Canadian cold [Gm] front [C] moving _ [Bb] in What a way to [Gm] ride, oh what a [F] way to go
_ Then [C] _ [Bb] _ [F] _
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[Gm] _ _ [F] _ some returned [D] to [C] the motherland [Dm] The [Bb] high command [Gm] had been cast away
_ [F] Some stayed [G] on to finish [A] what they started [Bb] They never parted, [Gm] they're just built that way
[F] _ We had kin living [C]
south of the border [Am] [Bb] They're a little older [Gm] and they've been around
[F] They wrote in a letter, [C] life is a [G] whole [Am] lot better [B] [Bb] So pull up your stakes, [Gm] children, and come on [F] down
_ _ [Bb] _ Acadian [Gm] driftwood, gypsy _ [C] [Bb] tailwind They [C] call my [Bb] home the [Gm] land of [F] snow
[Bb] Canadian cold front [C] moving [Dm] in [Bb] What a way to [F] [Gm] ride, oh what a way [F] to go
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[Gm] _ _ [F] _ Fifteen under zero when [C] the day became a threat [D] My [Bb] clothes were wet and I was drenched to the bone
[F] Been out ice fishing, [C] ooh, too much [Em] [B] repetition [Bb] Make a man wanna leave, [Gm] the only homies known
_ [F] Sailed out of the Gulf, heading for Saint [C] Pierre [Dm] Nothing [Bb] to declare, [Gm] all we had was [F] gone
Broke down along the coast, [C] ooh, [G] but what [Am] hurt the most [Bb] When the people there said, you [Gm] better keep moving [Dm] on
[F] _ [Bb] _ Acadian [Gm] driftwood, gypsy [C] _ [Bb] tailwind They [C] call my [Bb] home [Gm] the land of [F] snow
[Bb] Canadian cold [Gm] front moving [Bb] in What a way to [F] [Gm] ride, oh what a way [F] to go
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[Gm] _ [C] _ [F] _ Everlasting summer filled [Cm] with ill-content [Am] _ [D] [Bb] This [Gm] government's got us walking in shame
_ [F] This isn't my turf, [C] [G] this ain't my [Am] season [Bb] Can't think of one good [Gm] reason to remain
[F] Oh, we worked in the sugar [Am] fields up from [C] New Orleans _ [Am] [Dm] It [Gm] was evergreen up until the flood
[F] You could call it an old [C] marmot, point you [Am] where you're going [Bb] _ Set my compass [Gm] north, I got winter in my blood
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ [Gm] Acadian driftwood, [Bb] gypsy tailwind They call [Cm] my [Bb] home [Gm] the land of [F] snow
[Bb] Canadian cold front moving in What a way to ride, oh what a way [F] to go
Said _ _ [Gm] _ _
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[Gm] _ [C] _ [F] _ [Bb] to Acadia, [Gm] share the magic [F] faith [Bb] Don't let Acadia, [Gm]
face the llama [F] so late
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