F5                           C5
   The war was over and the spirit was broken
D5                Eb5          G5
   The hills were smokin' as the men withdrew
F5
   We stood on the cliffs
    C5             A5
   Oh, and watched the ships
Bb5                         G5
   Slowly sinking to their rendezvous
F5                               C5
   They signed a treaty and our   homes were taken
D5           Eb5
   Loved ones forsaken
               G5
   They didn't give a damn
F5
   Try'n' to raise a family
C5       A5
   End up the enemy
Bb5                                      G5
   Over what went down on the plains of Abraham

F5        Bb5
  Acadian driftwood
G5      C5
  Gypsy tail wind
Bb5          F5   Bb5            G5
  They call my home   the land of snow
F5           Bb5        G5       C5
  Canadian cold front    movin' in
Bb5       F5
  What a way to ride
Bb5  D5      G5   C5   F5
    Oh, what a way   to   go

 Then 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

 Fifteen under zero when the day became a threat
 My clothes were wet and I was drenched to the bone
 Been out ice fishing, 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
 But what hurt the most
 When the people there said
 "You better keep movin' on"

 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
 I've 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

 Acadian driftwood
 Gypsy tail wind
 They call my home the land of snow
 Canadian cold front movin' in
 What a way to ride
 Ah, what a way to go

F5          C5  C5  Bb5      G5
   Sais tu, A-ca-di-e   j'ai le mal du pays
   [You know, Acadia, I long for the country (I am homesick)]
F5           C5 C5  Bb5      G5
   Ta neige, Acadie,    fait des larmes au soleil
   [Your snow, Acadia, makes tears in the sun (or for the sun)]
F5       C5  C5  Bb5         G5
   J'arrive Acadie,   teedle um , teedle um , teedle ooh
   [I am arriving Acadia (or I am coming Acadia)]