Band - Acadian Driftwood Lyrics
F c9The war was over and the spirit was brokenDm9 ebmaj9 gm7The hills were smokin as the men withdrewFWe stood on the cliffsC/g a9Oh, and watched the shipsBb gm7Slowly sinking to their rendezvousF c9They signed a treaty and our homes were takenDm9 ebmaj9Loved ones forsakenGm7They didnt give a damnFTryn to raise a familyC/g a9End up the enemyBb gm7Over what went down on the plains of abraham (*)F bbAcadian driftwoodGm7 c7Gypsy tail windBb/d f/c bb gm7They call my home the land of snowF bb gm7 c7Canadian cold front movin inBb/d f/cWhat a way to rideBb dm7/a gm7 c7 fOh, what a way to goThen some returned to the motherlandThe high command had them cast awayAnd some stayed on to finish what they startedThey never partedTheyre just built that wayWe had kin livin south of the borderTheyre a little older and theyve been aroundThey wrote a letter life is a whole lot betterSo pull up your stakes, children and come on downFifteen under zero when the day became a threatMy clothes were wet and I was drenched to the boneBeen out ice fishing, too much repetitionMake a man wanna leave the only home hes knownSailing out of the gulf headin for saint pierreNothin to declareAll we had was goneBroke down along the coastBut what hurt the mostWhen the people there saidYou better keep movin onEverlasting summer filled with ill-contentThis government had us walkin in chainsThis isnt my turfThis aint my seasonCant think of one good reason to remainIve worked in the sugar fields up from new orleansIt was ever green up until the floodsYou could call it an omenPoints ya where youre goinSet my compass northI got winter in my bloodAcadian driftwoodGypsy tail windThey call my home the land of snowCanadian cold front movin inWhat a way to rideAh, what a way to goF c7sus4 c7 bb/d gm7Sais tu, a-ca-di-e jai le mal du pays[you know, acadia, I long for the country (I am homesick)]F c7sus4 c7 bb/d gm7Ta neige, acadie, fait des larmes au soleil[your snow, acadia, makes tears in the sun (or for the sun)]F c7sus4 c7 bb/d gm7Jarrive acadie, teedle um, teedle um, teedle ooh[i am arriving acadia (or I am coming acadia)]
