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[Verse]
DAsus4
The war was over and the spirit was broken,
BmCmaj9Em7
The hills were smokin' as the men withdrew.
DEsus4F#m
We stood on the cliffs, Oh, and watched the ships,
GEm7
Slowly sinking to their rendezvous.
DAsus4
They signed a treaty and our homes were taken,
BmCmaj9Em7
Loved ones forsaken, they didn't give a damn.
DEsus4F#m
Tryin' to raise a family, end up the enemy,
GEm7
Over what went down on the Plains of Abraham.
[Chorus]
DGEm7Asus4
Acadian driftwood, gypsy tailwind,
BmAsus4GEm7
They call my home the land of snow.
DGEm7Asus4
Canadian cold front, movin' in,
GDGEm7D
What a way to ride, oh what a way to go.
[Verse]
DAsus4
Then some returned to the motherland,
BmCmaj9Em7
The High Command had them cast away.
DEsus4F#m
And some stayed on to finish what they started,
GEm7
They never parted, they're just built that way.
DAsus4
We had kin livin' south of the border,
BmCmaj9Em7
They're a little older and they've been around.
DEsus4F#m
They wrote a letter "life is a whole lot better
GEm7
So pull up your stakes, children and come on down".
[Chorus]
DGEm7Asus4
Acadian driftwood, gypsy tailwind,
BmAsus4GEm7
They call my home the land of snow.
DGEm7Asus4
Canadian cold front, movin' in,
GDGEm7D
What a way to ride, oh what a way to go.
[Verse]
DAsus4
Fifteen under zero when the day became a threat,
BmCmaj9Em7
My clothes were wet and I was drenched to the bone.
DEsus4F#m
Been out ice fishing, mhmm, too much repetition,
GEm7
Make a man wanna leave the only home he's known.
DAsus4
Sailing out of the gulf headin' for Saint Pierre,
BmCmaj9Em7
Nothin' to declare; All we had was gone.
DEsus4F#m
Broke down along the coast, oh, but what hurt the most
GEm7
When the people there said "You'd better keep movin' on"
[Chorus]
DGEm7Asus4
Acadian driftwood, gypsy tailwind,
BmAsus4GEm7
They call my home the land of snow.
DGEm7Asus4
Canadian cold front, movin' in,
GDGEm7D
What a way to ride, oh what a way to go.
[Verse]
DAsus4
Everlasting summer filled with ill content,
BmCmaj9Em7
This government had us walkin' in chains.
DEsus4F#m
This isn't my turf, this ain't my season,
GEm7
Can't think of one good reason to remain.
DAsus4
we worked in the sugar fields up from New Orleans,
BmCmaj9Em7
It was ever green up until the floods.
DEsus4F#m
You could call it an omen, points ya where you're goin',
GEm7
Set my compass North, I got winter in my blood.
[Chorus]
DGEm7Asus4
Acadian driftwood, gypsy tailwind,
BmAsus4GEm7
They call my home the land of snow.
DGEm7Asus4
Canadian cold front, movin' in,
GDGEm7D
What a way to ride, oh what a way to go.
[Outro]
(en francais to fade)
DDsus4DEm7
Sais tu, A-ca-di-e j'ai le mal du pays,
DDsus4DEm7
Ta neige, Acadi-e, fait des larmes au solei.
DDsus4DEm7
J'arrive Acadi-e, teedle um, teedle um, teedle ooh...
[Chords]
D: 000000 or 054000
G: 020100 or 55555
Bm: 020020
Em7: 002120
F#m: 004340
Asus4: 002300
Dsus4: 000100
Cmaj9: x32120
Esus4: xx2322