Acadian Driftwood chords by The Band

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

intro:
 E minor 7Em7  D MajorD

verse:
D MajorD              A augmentedA
 The war was over and the spirit was broken
B minorBm        G+G        E minor 7Em7
 The hills were smokin' as the men withdrew
D MajorD             A augmentedA          F# minorF#m
 We stood on the cliffs  oh  and watched the ships
G+G             E minor 7Em7
 Slowly sinking to their rendezvous
D MajorD               A augmentedA
 They signed a treaty and our  homes were taken
 B minorBm      C majorC           E minor 7Em7
 Loved-ones forsaken   they didn't give a damn
 D MajorD           A augmentedA      F# minorF#m
 Try to raise a family  end up an enemy
G+G                   E minor 7Em7
 Over what went down on the Plains of Abraham

chorus:
D MajorD     G+G      E minor 7Em7  A augmentedA
 Acadian driftwood  gypsy tailwind
G+G       D MajorD  G+G       E minor 7Em7
 They call my home  the land of snow
D MajorD     G+G      E minor 7Em7   A augmentedA
 Canadian cold front  movin' in
G+G        D MajorD        G+G    D MajorD
 What a way to ride  oh what a way to go

verse:
D MajorD            A augmentedA
 Then some returned to the motherland
B minorBm      G+G        E minor 7Em7
 The high command  had them cast away
D MajorD          A augmentedA
 Some stayed on to finish what they started
G+G                 E minor 7Em7
 They never parted  they're just built that way
D MajorD          A augmentedA
 We had kin livin'  south of the border
 B minorBm        C majorC        E minor 7Em7
 They're a little older  and they been a-round
D MajorD                 A augmentedA     F# minorF#m
 They wrote in a letter life's a whole lot better
G+G                    E minor 7Em7
 So pull up your stakes children  and come on down

chorus:
D MajorD     G+G      E minor 7Em7  A augmentedA
 Acadian driftwood  gypsy tailwind
G+G       D MajorD  G+G       E minor 7Em7
 They call my home  the land of snow
D MajorD     G+G      E minor 7Em7   A augmentedA
 Canadian cold front  movin' in
G+G        D MajorD        G+G    D MajorD
 What a way to ride  oh what a way to go

verse:
D MajorD              A augmentedA
 Fifty under zero when the day became a threat
B minorBm        G+G        E minor 7Em7
 My clothes were wet  and I was drenched to the bone
D MajorD              A augmentedA
 Then out ice fishin' mmm too much repetition
G+G                   E minor 7Em7
 Make a man want to leave the only home he's known
D MajorD                   A augmentedA
 Sailed out of the Gulf headed for St. Pierre
B minorBm       C majorC       E minor 7Em7
 Nothing to declare  all we had was gone
D MajorD                  A augmentedA       F# minorF#m
 Broke down along the coast oh but what hurt the most
G+G                       E minor 7Em7
 When the people there said "you better keep movin' on"

chorus:
D MajorD     G+G      E minor 7Em7  A augmentedA
 Acadian driftwood  gypsy tailwind
G+G       D MajorD  G+G       E minor 7Em7
 They call my home  the land of snow
D MajorD     G+G      E minor 7Em7   A augmentedA
 Canadian cold front  movin' in
G+G        D MajorD        G+G    D MajorD
 What a way to ride  oh what a way to go

verse:
D MajorD                  A augmentedA
 Everlastin' summer  filled with ill-contempt
B minorBm      G+G       E minor 7Em7
  his government  had us walkin' in chains
D MajorD           A augmentedA
 This isn't my turn  this ain't my season
G+G                 E minor 7Em7
 Can't think of one good reason to remain
D MajorD                     A augmentedA
 We worked in the sugar fields up from  New Orleans
B minorBm      C majorC      E minor 7Em7
 It was ever-green  up until the flood
D MajorD                  A augmentedA      F# minorF#m
 You could call it an omen  point ya where ya goin'
G+G               E minor 7Em7
 Set my compass North I got winter in my blood

chorus:
D MajorD     G+G      E minor 7Em7  A augmentedA
 Acadian driftwood  gypsy tailwind
G+G       D MajorD  G+G       E minor 7Em7
 They call my home  the land of snow
D MajorD     G+G      E minor 7Em7   A augmentedA
 Canadian cold front  movin' in
G+G        D MajorD        G+G    D MajorD
 What a way to ride  oh what a way to go

outro:
D MajorD        A augmentedA   G+G
 Sais tu  A-ca-di-e j'ai le mal du pays (do you know Acadia I am homesick for the country)
D MajorD        A augmentedA   G+G
 Ta neige A-ca-di-e fait des larmes au soleil (your snow Acadia makes tears for the sun)
D MajorD        A augmentedA   G+G
 J'arrive A-ca-di-e  teedle um  teedle um  teedle oo (i am coming Acadia)