Edition
Acadian Driftwood
The Band
Northern Lights - Southern Cross
Instrument
guitar
Type
chords
Version
studio
Language
English
Tone
Tuning
Capo
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[Intro]
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e|------------|------------2-|

B|------------|------------3-|

G|-----------0|------------2-|

D|-----0-0h2--|------------0-|

A|-0h2--------|-0h2-0------0-|

E|-0----------|-------b3-0-0-|

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[Verse]
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D Asus4

The war was over and the spirit was broken

Bm G Em7

The hills were smokin' as the men withdrew

D A/E 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 Cadd9 Em7

Loved ones forsaken, they didn't give a damn

D A/E F#m

Tryin' to raise a family, end up the enemy

G Em7

Over what went down on the plains of Abraham

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[Chorus]
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D G Em7 Asus4 A

Acadian driftwood, gypsy tailwind,

G/B D/A G Em7

They call my home, the land of snow

D G Em7 Asus4 A

Canadian cold front, movin' in

G/B D/A G Bm Em7 A7 D

What a way to ride, oh what a way to go

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[Verse]
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D Asus4

Then some returned to the motherland

Bm G Em7

The high command had them cast away

D A/E 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 Cadd9 Em7

They're a little older and they've been around

D A/E F#m

They wrote a letter life is a whole lot better

G Em7

So pull up your stakes, children and come on down

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[Chorus]
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D G Em7 Asus4 A

Acadian driftwood, gypsy tailwind,

G/B D/A G Em7

They call my home, the land of snow

D G Em7 Asus4 A

Canadian cold front, movin' in

G/B D/A G Bm Em7 A7 D

What a way to ride, oh what a way to go

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[Verse]
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D Asus4

Fifteen under zero when the day became a threat

Bm G Em7

My clothes were wet and I was drenched to the bone

D A/E 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 Cadd9 Em7

Nothin' to declare; All we had was gone

D A/E 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"

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[Chorus]
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D G Em7 Asus4 A

Acadian driftwood, gypsy tailwind,

G/B D/A G Em7

They call my home, the land of snow

D G Em7 Asus4 A

Canadian cold front, movin' in

G/B D/A G Bm Em7 A7 D

What a way to ride, oh what a way to go

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[Verse]
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D Asus4

Everlasting summer filled with ill content

Bm G Em7

This government had us walkin' in chains

D A/E 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 Cadd9 Em7

It was ever green up until the floods

D A/E 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

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[Chorus]
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D G Em7 Asus4 A

Acadian driftwood, gypsy tailwind,

G/B D/A G Em7

They call my home, the land of snow

D G Em7 Asus4 A

Canadian cold front, movin' in

G/B D/A G Bm Em7 A7 D

What a way to ride, oh what a way to go

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[Outro]
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D Asus4 A G/B Em7

Sais tu, A-ca-di-e j'ai le mal du pays

D Asus4 A G/B Em7

Ta neige, Acadie, fait des larmes au solei

D Asus4 A G/B Em7 D

J'arrive Acadie, teedle um, teedle um, teedle ooh

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