{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":743437,"song":"Acadian Driftwood","artist":"The Band","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/743437-acadian-driftwood-chords-by-the-band/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/743437?type=chord","rating":4.81515,"votes":107,"content":"\"Acadian Driftwood\" (J.R. Robertson)\r\nFrom \"Northern Lights - Southern Cross\" (1975)\r\n\r\n\r\n14/08/23: While at least one guitar on the studio recording\r\nmay be in Open D, I now suspect at least one is in standard\r\nbut uses E major shapes with a lot of ringing, open strings. \r\n\r\nThe song I associate most with those shapes is \"All Things \r\nMust Pass\" but other random examples are Beck's \"Golden Age\" \r\nand The Allmans' \"Melissa\". \r\n\r\nShapes:\r\n       EADGBE\r\nBsus4: X24400\r\n  C#m: 064400\r\nF#m/E: 044200\r\nG#m/E: 066400\r\n\r\nSee below for Open D version. \r\n\r\n----------------------------------------------------------\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n[tab]    E|------------|-------------0-|\r\n    B|------------|-------------0-|\r\n    G|-----------2|-------------4-|\r\n    D|-2--2--2h4--|-2h4-2-------2-|\r\n    A|-2h4--------|-------------2-|\r\n    E|-0----------|-------2b30--0-|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]                        [ch]Bsus4[/ch]\r\nThe war was over and the spirit was broken,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]            [ch]Dsus2[/ch]          [ch]F#m/E[/ch]       [ch]Bsus4[/ch]\r\nThe hills were smokin' as the men withdrew.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]F#m/E[/ch]               [ch]G#m/E[/ch]\r\nWe stood on the cliffs, Oh, and watched the ships,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Asus2[/ch]                    [ch]F#m/E[/ch]\r\nSlowly sinking to their rendezvous.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]                           [ch]Bsus4[/ch]\r\nThey signed a treaty and our homes were taken,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C#m[/ch]           [ch]Dsus2[/ch]              [ch]F#m/E[/ch]     [ch]Bsus4[/ch]\r\nLoved ones forsaken, they didn't give a damn.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]                        [ch]F#m/E[/ch]      [ch]G#m/E[/ch]\r\nTryin' to raise a family, end up the enemy,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Asus2[/ch]                                 [ch]F#m/E[/ch]\r\nOver what went down on the Plains of Abraham.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]Asus2[/ch]           [ch]Bsus4[/ch]\r\nAcadian driftwood, gypsy tailwind,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Asus2[/ch]              [ch]F#m/E[/ch]  \r\nThey call my home   the land of snow.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]Asus2[/ch]              [ch]Bsus4[/ch]\r\nCanadian cold front, movin' in,[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Asus2[/ch]           [ch]Bsus4[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhat a way to ride, oh what a way to go.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]                         [ch]Bsus4[/ch]\r\nThen some returned to the Motherland,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]          [ch]Dsus2[/ch]        [ch]F#m/E[/ch]    [ch]Bsus4[/ch]\r\nThe High Command had them cast away.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]F#m/E[/ch]           [ch]G#m/E[/ch]\r\nAnd some stayed on to finish what they started,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Asus2[/ch]                           [ch]F#m/E[/ch]\r\nThey never parted, they're just built that way.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]Bsus4[/ch]\r\nWe had kin livin' south of the border,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]              [ch]Dsus2[/ch]             [ch]F#m/E[/ch]      [ch]Bsus4[/ch]\r\nThey're a little older and they've been around.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]F#m/E[/ch]     [ch]G#m/E[/ch]\r\nThey wrote a letter \"life is a whole lot better[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Asus2[/ch]                             [ch]F#m/E[/ch]\r\nSo pull up your stakes, children and come on down\".[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]Asus2[/ch]           [ch]Bsus4[/ch]\r\nAcadian driftwood, gypsy tailwind,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Asus2[/ch]              [ch]F#m/E[/ch]  \r\nThey call my home   the land of snow.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]Asus2[/ch]              [ch]Bsus4[/ch]\r\nCanadian cold front, movin' in,[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Asus2[/ch]           [ch]Bsus4[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhat a way to ride, oh what a way to go.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]                           [ch]Bsus4[/ch]\r\nFifteen under zero when the day became a threat,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]             [ch]Dsus2[/ch]          [ch]F#m/E[/ch]              [ch]Bsus4[/ch]\r\nMy clothes were wet and I was drenched to the bone.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]                          [ch]F#m/E[/ch]         [ch]G#m/E[/ch]\r\nBeen out ice fishing, mhmm, too much repetition,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Asus2[/ch]                          [ch]F#m/E[/ch]\r\nMake a man wanna leave the only home he's known.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]                                   [ch]Bsus4[/ch]\r\nSailing out of the gulf headin' for Saint Pierre,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C#m[/ch]          [ch]Dsus2[/ch]        [ch]F#m/E[/ch]       [ch]Bsus4[/ch]\r\nNothin' to declare, all we had was gone.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]                           [ch]F#m/E[/ch]               [ch]G#m/E[/ch]\r\nBroke down along the coast, oh, but what hurt the most[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Asus2[/ch]                                        [ch]F#m/E[/ch]\r\nWhen the people there said \"You'd better keep movin' on\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]Asus2[/ch]           [ch]Bsus4[/ch]\r\nAcadian driftwood, gypsy tailwind,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Asus2[/ch]              [ch]F#m/E[/ch]  \r\nThey call my home   the land of snow.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]Asus2[/ch]              [ch]Bsus4[/ch]\r\nCanadian cold front, movin' in,[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Asus2[/ch]           [ch]Bsus4[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhat a way to ride, oh what a way to go.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]                             [ch]Bsus4[/ch]\r\nEverlasting summer filled with ill content,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]        [ch]Dsus2[/ch]        [ch]F#m/E[/ch]           [ch]Bsus4[/ch]\r\nThis government had us walkin' in chains.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]F#m/E[/ch]         [ch]G#m/E[/ch]\r\nThis isn't my turf, this ain't my season,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Asus2[/ch]                         [ch]F#m/E[/ch]\r\nCan't think of one good reason to remain.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                     [ch]Bsus4[/ch]\r\nWe worked in the sugar fields up from New Orleans,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]         [ch]Dsus2[/ch]      [ch]F#m/E[/ch]          [ch]Bsus4[/ch]\r\nIt was ever green up until the floods.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                         [ch]F#m/E[/ch]                   [ch]G#m/E[/ch]\r\nYou could call it an omen, points ya where you're goin',[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Asus2[/ch]                       [ch]F#m/E[/ch]\r\nSet my compass North, I got winter in my blood.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]Asus2[/ch]           [ch]Bsus4[/ch]\r\nAcadian driftwood, gypsy tailwind,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Asus2[/ch]              [ch]F#m/E[/ch]  \r\nThey call my home   the land of snow.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]Asus2[/ch]              [ch]Bsus4[/ch]\r\nCanadian cold front, movin' in,[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Asus2[/ch]           [ch]Bsus4[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhat a way to ride, oh what a way to go.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n\r\n(en francais to fade)\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]Esus4[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]F#m/E[/ch]\r\nSais tu, A-ca-di-e  j'ai le mal du pays,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]Esus4[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]F#m/E[/ch]\r\nTa neige, Acadi-e,  fait des larmes au solei.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]        [ch]Esus4[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]F#m/E[/ch]\r\nJ'arrive Acadi-e,  teedle um, teedle um, teedle ooh...[/tab]\r\n\r\n------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nOpen D version (capo 3)\r\n\r\nshapes for DADF#AD\r\n        D: 000000 and 000354\r\n    Asus4: 001240 and 000575\r\n     Em/D: 002120 and 202120\r\n       Bm: 020020\r\n    Csus2: x32130\r\n    Gsus2: 005500\r\n      F#m: 004340\r\n       \r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n[tab]    E|------------------0-|\r\n    B|------------------0-|\r\n    G|------------------0-|\r\n    D|----1-------------0-|\r\n    A|-0h20-0h20--------0-|\r\n    E|-0-----------2b30-0-|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\nThe war was over and the spirit was broken,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]Csus2[/ch]          [ch]Em/D[/ch]    [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\nThe hills were smokin' as the men withdrew.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]Em/D[/ch]                 [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWe stood on the cliffs, Oh, and watched the ships,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gsus2[/ch]                     [ch]Em/D[/ch]\r\nSlowly sinking to their rendezvous.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\nThey signed a treaty and our homes were taken,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]Csus2[/ch]             [ch]Em/D[/ch]   [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\nLoved ones forsaken, they didn't give a damn.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]Em/D[/ch]        [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nTryin' to raise a family, end up the enemy,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gsus2[/ch]                                [ch]Em/D[/ch]\r\nOver what went down on the Plains of Abraham.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Gsus2[/ch]            [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\nAcadian driftwood, gypsy tailwind,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Gsus2[/ch]              [ch]Em/D[/ch]  \r\nThey call my home   the land of snow.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Gsus2[/ch]              [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\nCanadian cold front, movin' in,[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Gsus2[/ch]           [ch]Asus4[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhat a way to ride, oh what a way to go.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\nThen some returned to the Motherland,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]Csus2[/ch]         [ch]Em/D[/ch]  [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\nThe High Command had them cast away.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]Em/D[/ch]              [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd some stayed on to finish what they started,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gsus2[/ch]                            [ch]Em/D[/ch]\r\nThey never parted, they're just built that way.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\nWe had kin livin' south of the border,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]Csus2[/ch]             [ch]Em/D[/ch]  [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\nThey're a little older and they've been around.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]Em/D[/ch]      [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThey wrote a letter \"life is a whole lot better[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Gsus2[/ch]                              [ch]Em/D[/ch]\r\nSo pull up your stakes, children and come on down\".[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Gsus2[/ch]            [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\nAcadian driftwood, gypsy tailwind,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Gsus2[/ch]              [ch]Em/D[/ch]  \r\nThey call my home   the land of snow.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Gsus2[/ch]              [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\nCanadian cold front, movin' in,[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Gsus2[/ch]           [ch]Asus4[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhat a way to ride, oh what a way to go.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\nFifteen under zero when the day became a threat,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]              [ch]Csus2[/ch]          [ch]Em/D[/ch]              [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\nMy clothes were wet and I was drenched to the bone.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]Em/D[/ch]           [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nBeen out ice fishing, mhmm, too much repetition,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gsus2[/ch]                           [ch]Em/D[/ch]\r\nMake a man wanna leave the only home he's known.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                                   [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\nSailing out of the gulf headin' for Saint Pierre,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]Csus2[/ch]        [ch]Em/D[/ch]        [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\nNothin' to declare, all we had was gone.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]Em/D[/ch]               [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nBroke down along the coast, oh, but what hurt the most[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gsus2[/ch]                                         [ch]Em/D[/ch]\r\nWhen the people there said \"You'd better keep movin' on\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Gsus2[/ch]            [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\nAcadian driftwood, gypsy tailwind,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Gsus2[/ch]              [ch]Em/D[/ch]  \r\nThey call my home   the land of snow.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Gsus2[/ch]              [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\nCanadian cold front, movin' in,[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Gsus2[/ch]           [ch]Asus4[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhat a way to ride, oh what a way to go.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\nEverlasting summer filled with ill content,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]Csus2[/ch]        [ch]Em/D[/ch]           [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\nThis government had us walkin' in chains.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Em/D[/ch]           [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThis isn't my turf, this ain't my season,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gsus2[/ch]                             [ch]Em/D[/ch]\r\nCan't think of one good reason to remain.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                     [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\nWe worked in the sugar fields up from New Orleans,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]Csus2[/ch]       [ch]Em/D[/ch]          [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\nIt was ever green up until the floods.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]Em/D[/ch]                   [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nYou could call it an omen, points ya where you're goin',[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gsus2[/ch]                        [ch]Em/D[/ch]\r\nSet my compass North, I got winter in my blood.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Gsus2[/ch]            [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\nAcadian driftwood, gypsy tailwind,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Gsus2[/ch]              [ch]Em/D[/ch]  \r\nThey call my home   the land of snow.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Gsus2[/ch]              [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\nCanadian cold front, movin' in,[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Gsus2[/ch]           [ch]Asus4[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhat a way to ride, oh what a way to go.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n\r\nen francais to fade\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Dsus4[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em/D[/ch]\r\nSais tu, A-ca-di-e  j'ai le mal du pays,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Dsus4[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em/D[/ch]\r\nTa neige, Acadi-e,  fait des larmes au solei.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Dsus4[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em/D[/ch]\r\nJ'arrive Acadi-e,  teedle um, teedle um, teedle ooh...[/tab]","plain_text":"\"Acadian Driftwood\" (J.R. Robertson)\nFrom \"Northern Lights - Southern Cross\" (1975)\n\n\n14/08/23: While at least one guitar on the studio recording\nmay be in Open D, I now suspect at least one is in standard\nbut uses E major shapes with a lot of ringing, open strings. \n\nThe song I associate most with those shapes is \"All Things \nMust Pass\" but other random examples are Beck's \"Golden Age\" \nand The Allmans' \"Melissa\". \n\nShapes:\n       EADGBE\nBsus4: X24400\n  C#m: 064400\nF#m/E: 044200\nG#m/E: 066400\n\nSee below for Open D version. \n\n----------------------------------------------------------\n[Intro]\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\n(en francais to fade)\n\n\n\n\n\n------------------------------------------------------\n\nOpen D version (capo 3)\n\nshapes for DADF#AD\n        D: 000000 and 000354\n    Asus4: 001240 and 000575\n     Em/D: 002120 and 202120\n       Bm: 020020\n    Csus2: x32130\n    Gsus2: 005500\n      F#m: 004340\n       \n[Intro]\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\nen francais to fade","chords":["D","E","Bsus4","C#m","F#m/E","G#m/E","B","G","A","Dsus2","Asus2","Esus4","Asus4","Em/D","Bm","Csus2","Gsus2","F#m","Dsus4"],"chord_diagrams":{"Asus2":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,0,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,0,0]},"Asus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,3,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dsus2":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,2,0],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,0]},"Dsus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,2,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,3]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Esus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,2,0,0]}}}