Acadian Driftwood chords by Richard Shindell

Chords with lyrics

Richard Shindell - Acadian Driftwood


CAPO: 2nd Fret


INTRO: C majorC  FF DmDm C majorC (2x)

            G+G          A minorAm
The war was over and the spirit was broken
                 FF      C majorC
The hills were smoking as the men withdrew
             G+G             DmDm
We stood on the cliffs, oh, and watched the ships
            FF      C majorC
Slowly sinking to their rendezvous

              G+G         A minorAm
They signed a treaty and our homes were taken
                 FF       C majorC
Loved ones forsaken, they didn't give a damn
            G+G           DmDm
Tried to raise a family, you end up the enemy
                   FF     C majorC
Over what went down on the plains of Abraham


CHORUS:
    FF     A minorAm   G+G     C majorC
Acadian driftwood, gypsy tailwind
       FF  DmDm      FF   C majorC
They call my home, the land of snow
     FF     A minorAm   G+G    A minorAm
Canadian cold front, moving in, oh
    C/GC/G  FF        Dm7Dm7  C majorC  FF  DmDm  C majorC
What a way to ride, oh, what a way to go


          G+G      A minorAm
Some returned to the motherland
             FF      C majorC
The high command had them cast away
            G+G          DmDm
Some stayed on to finish what they started
                FF        C majorC
They never parted, they're just built that way


         G+G           A minorAm
We had kin living south of the border
                  FF       C majorC
They're a little older and they've been around
                G+G            DmDm
They wrote a letter, "Life here is a whole lot better,
              FF        C majorC
So pull up stakes children, come on down."

CHORUS:
    FF     A minorAm   G+G     C majorC
Acadian driftwood, gypsy tailwind
       FF  DmDm      FF   C majorC
They call my home, the land of snow
     FF     A minorAm   G+G    A minorAm
Canadian cold front, moving in, oh
    C/GC/G  FF        Dm7Dm7  C majorC  FF  DmDm  C majorC  FF  DmDm  C majorC
What a way to ride, oh, what a way to go


                G+G         A minorAm
Fifteen under zero, when the day became a threat
               FF           C majorC
My clothes were wet and I was drenched to the bone
           G+G           DmDm
Been out ice fishing, too much repetition
                FF        C majorC
Make a man wanna leave the only home he's known


                  G+G       A minorAm
Sailing out of the gulf, heading for Saint Pierre
              FF       C majorC
Nothing to declare, all we had was gone
               G+G             DmDm
Broke down along the coast, oh, but what hurt the most
                        FF      C majorC
When the people there said, "You'd better keep moving on."


               G+G       A minorAm
Everlasting summer filled with ill content
            FF         C majorC
This government had us walking in chains
             G+G        DmDm
This isn't my turf, this ain't my season
                FF      C majorC
Can't think of one good reason to remain


                  G+G       A minorAm
Worked in the sugar fields, up from New Orleans
            FF        C majorC
It was ever green up until the floods
              G+G               DmDm
You could call it an omen, points you where you're going
              FF          C majorC
Set my compass north, I got winter in my blood


CHORUS:
    FF     A minorAm   G+G     C majorC
Acadian driftwood, gypsy tailwind
       FF  DmDm      FF   C majorC
They call my home, the land of snow
     FF     A minorAm   G+G    A minorAm
Canadian cold front, moving in, oh
    C/GC/G  FF        Dm7Dm7  C majorC  FF  DmDm  C majorC  FF  DmDm  C majorC
What a way to ride, oh, what a way to go


OUTRO:  (## French ##)
      FF  Dm7Dm7   C majorC
Sais tu, Acadia j'ai le mal du paye
        FF Dm7Dm7    C majorC
Ta neige, Acadia, fait des larmes au solei
      FF  Dm7Dm7   C majorC
Sais tu, Acadia j'ai le mal du paye
        FF Dm7Dm7    C majorC
Ta neige, Acadia, fait des larmes au solei

C majorC  FF  DmDm  C majorC  FF  DmDm  C majorC