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
