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Acadian Driftwood by The Band - Guitar Chords
Version 1
Version 2
[Intro]
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B|------------|------------3-|
G|-----------0|------------2-|
D|-----0-0h2--|------------0-|
A|-0h2--------|-0h2-0------0-|
E|-0----------|-------b3-0-0-|
[Verse]
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
[Chorus]
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
[Verse]
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
[Chorus]
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
[Verse]
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"
[Chorus]
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
[Verse]
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
[Chorus]
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
[Outro]
(en francais to fade)
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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| b Bend
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We also have 29 songs by The Band
- Acadian Driftwood
- Across The Great Divide
- Atlantic City
- Caledonia Mission
- Chest Fever
- Christmas Must Be Tonight
- Dont Do It
- Evangeline
- I Shall Be Released
- It Makes No Difference
- Jawbone
- Jemima Surrender
- King Harvest Has Surely Come
- Long Black Veil
- Mystery Train
- Ophelia
- Rag Mama Rag
- Rockin Chair
- Stage Fright
- Tears Of Rage
- The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
- The Shape Im In
- The Unfaithful Servant
- The Weight
- This Wheels On Fire
- Up On Cripple Creek
- When I Paint My Masterpiece
- When You Awake
- Whispering Pines
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