E|------------|------------0-|
B|------------|------------0-|
G|-----------1|------------0-|
D|-----0-0h2--|-0h2-0------0-|
A|-0h2--------|------------0-|
E|-0----------|-------3b-0-0-|

[Verse]

   D                        Asus4
   The war was over and the spirit was broken,
   Bm              Cmaj9          Em7
   The hills were smokin' as the men withdrew.
   D                      Esus4                 F#m
   We stood on the cliffs, Oh, and watched the ships,
   G                        Em7
   Slowly sinking to their rendezvous.
   D                            Asus4
   They signed a treaty and our homes were taken,
   Bm    Cmaj9   Em7
   Loved ones forsaken, they didn't give a damn.
   D                        Esus4        F#m
   Tryin' to raise a family, end up the enemy,
   G                                    Em7
   Over what went down on the Plains of Abraham.

[Chorus]

   D    G             Em7     Asus4
   Acadian driftwood, gypsy tailwind,
   Bm           Asus4 G             Em7
   They call my home   the land of snow.
   D     G            Em7      Asus4
   Canadian cold front, movin' in,
   G       D      G              Em7    D
   What a way to ride, oh what a way to go.

[Verse]

  D                          Asus4
  Then some returned to the motherland,
  Bm        Cmaj9            Em7
  The High Command had them cast away.
  D                      Esus4             F#m
  And some stayed on to finish what they started,
  G                                Em7
  They never parted, they're just built that way.
  D                Asus4
  We had kin livin' south of the border,
  Bm               Cmaj9             Em7
  They're a little older and they've been around.
  D                              Esus4      F#m
  They wrote a letter "life is a whole lot better
  G                                    Em7
  So pull up your stakes, children and come on down".

[Chorus]

   D    G             Em7     Asus4
   Acadian driftwood, gypsy tailwind,
   Bm           Asus4 G             Em7
   They call my home   the land of snow.
   D     G            Em7      Asus4
   Canadian cold front, movin' in,
   G       D      G              Em7    D
   What a way to ride, oh what a way to go.

[Verse]

  D                           Asus4
  Fifteen under zero when the day became a threat,
  Bm              Cmaj9          Em7
  My clothes were wet and I was drenched to the bone.
  D                         Esus4           F#m
  Been out ice fishing, mhmm, too much repetition,
  G                                Em7
  Make a man wanna leave the only home he's known.
  D                                   Asus4
  Sailing out of the gulf headin' for Saint Pierre,
  Bm         Cmaj9           Em7
  Nothin' to declare; All we had was gone.
  D                              Esus4              F#m
  Broke down along the coast, oh, but what hurt the most
  G                                              Em7
  When the people there said "You'd better keep movin' on"

[Chorus]

   D    G             Em7     Asus4
   Acadian driftwood, gypsy tailwind,
   Bm           Asus4 G             Em7
   They call my home   the land of snow.
   D     G            Em7      Asus4
   Canadian cold front, movin' in,
   G       D      G              Em7    D
   What a way to ride, oh what a way to go.

[Verse]

  D                             Asus4
  Everlasting summer filled with ill content,
  Bm         Cmaj9       Em7
  This government had us walkin' in chains.
  D                  Esus4       F#m
  This isn't my turf, this ain't my season,
  G                              Em7
  Can't think of one good reason to remain.
  D                               Asus4
  we worked in the sugar fields up from New Orleans,
  Bm          Cmaj9       Em7
  It was ever green up until the floods.
  D                         Esus4                   F#m
  You could call it an omen, points ya where you're goin',
  G                           Em7
  Set my compass North, I got winter in my blood.

[Chorus]

   D    G             Em7     Asus4
   Acadian driftwood, gypsy tailwind,
   Bm           Asus4 G             Em7
   They call my home   the land of snow.
   D     G            Em7      Asus4
   Canadian cold front, movin' in,
   G       D      G              Em7    D
   What a way to ride, oh what a way to go.

[Outro]

(en francais to fade)

   D        Dsus4   D Em7
   Sais tu, A-ca-di-e  j'ai le mal du pays,
   D         Dsus4 D  Em7
   Ta neige, Acadi-e,  fait des larmes au solei.
   D        Dsus4 D  Em7
   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