G
WHEN the bayous haunted by Evangeline
In the pre-dawn hours close to Halloween
C
There?s a mist that?s hanging right in between
G
The Spanish moss & the cypress TREES
D G
And the memory of the life that?s gone wrong
D
C?est plus que possible
D7 G
Tu le sais Acadienne
G
I?m a driver alone in my Cadillac
In a white chair rug you?ll be thinking back
C
TO be running wild as a child OF NINE
G
And the snakes and ?gators they was friends of mine
D G
I?ll forever be un petit Acadien
D
C?est plus que possible
D7 G
Tu le sais Acadienne
Cmajor2
And MY father never found peace enough
G
To cure his permanent wanderlust
Cmajor2
Every time we?d get settled down
D
We?d wake up heading for another town
G
From the Louisiana to the Florida
That?s a be my home to a (un-im-up ???)
C
That?s a simple people don?t complicate
G
And you hear the future in the hands of fate
D G
And the life you get is the life that I want
D
C?est plus que possible
D7 G
Tu le sais Acadienne
Cmajor2
And my father never found peace enough
G
To cure his permanent wanderlust
Cmajor2
Every time we?d get settled down
D D7
We?d wake up heading for another town
Gamjor
Hear me boy cos your love is why
You got two three words you gonna be alright
C
And there?s powerful forces out up the swamp
G
It?ll be forever, make it permanent
D G
And the life you get is the life that I want
D
C?est plus que possible
D7 Gamjor
Tu le sais Acadienne
D
C?est plus que possible
D7 G
Tu le sais Acadienne