View Guitar Chords for Acadian driftwood - chords ver. 2
"Acadian Driftwood" (Robertson) From "Northern Lights, Southern Cross" (1976) Capo third fret and drop D tuning. Intro figure: e|------------|------------2-| B|------------|------------3-| G|-----------0|------------2-| D|-----0-0h2--|------------0-| A|-0h2--------|-0h2-0------0-| E|-0----------|-------b3-0-0-|The Dwar was over and the Asus4spirit was broken BmThe hills were Gsmokin' as the Em7men withdrew DWe stood on the cliffs, A/EOh, and watched the F#mships GSlowly sinking to their Em7rendezvous DThey signed a treaty and our Asus4homes were taken BmLoved ones foCadd9rsaken, they didn't Em7give a damn DTryin' to raise a family, A/Eend up the F#menemy GOver what went down on the plains of Em7AbrahamChorus:DAcadian Gdriftwood, Em7gypsy Asus4tailwinAd, G/BThey call my D/Ahome,G the land of Em7snow DCanadian Gcold front, Em7movin' Asus4in A G/BWhat a wayD/A to ride,G ohBm what a Em7way A7to DgoThen some returned to the motherland The high command had them cast away And some stayed on to finish what they started They never parted They're just built that way We had kin livin' south of the border They're a little older and they've been around They wrote a letter life is a whole lot better So pull up your stakes, children and come on down CHORUS Fifteen under zero when the day became a threat My clothes were wet and I was drenched to the bone Been out ice fishing,mhmm,too much repetition Make a man wanna leave the only home he's known Sailing out of the gulf headin' for Saint Pierre Nothin' to declare; All we had was gone Broke down along the coast,oh,But what hurt the most When the people there said "You'd better keep movin' on" CHORUS Everlasting summer filled with ill content This government had us walkin' in chains This isn't my turf,this ain't my season Can't think of one good reason to remain we worked in the sugar fields up from New Orleans It was ever green up until the floods You could call it an omen Points ya where you're goin' Set my compass north I got winter in my blood CHORUS Coda,en francais to fade:DSais tu,Asus4 A-ca-dAi-e G/Bj'ai le malEm7 du pays DTa neige, AcadiAsus4e, AfaiG/Bt des larEm7mes au solei JD'arrive Asus4AcadieA, G/Bteedle um, Em7teedle um, teedDle ooh