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Acadienne

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GmajorWHEN the bayous haunted by Evangeline
In the pre-dawn hours close to Halloween
There’s a Cmajormist that’s hanging right in between
GmajorThe Spanish moss & the cypress TREES
And the Dmajormemory of the life that’s gone wrGmajorong
DmajorC’est plus que possible
D7Tu le sais AcaGmajordienne
GmajorI’m a driver alone in my Cadillac
In a white chair rug you’ll be thinking back
CmajorTO be running wild as a child OF NINE
And the Gmajorsnakes and ‘gators they was friends of mine
DmajorI’ll forever be un petit AGmajorcadien
DmajorC’est plus que possible
D7Tu le sais AGmajorcadienne
Cmajor2
And MY father never found peace enough
GmajorTo cure his permanent wanderlust
Cmajor2
Every time we’d get settled down
We’d wDmajorake up heading for another town
GmajorFrom the Louisiana to the Florida
That’s a be my home to a (un-im-up ???)
That’s a Cmajorsimple people don’t complicate
And you Gmajorhear the future in the hands of fate
And the Dmajorlife you get is the life that I waGmajornt
DmajorC’est plus que possible
D7Tu le sais AcadieGmajornne
Cmajor2
And my father never found peace enough
GmajorTo cure his permanent wanderlust
Cmajor2
Every time we’d get settled down
DmajorWe’d wake up heading for D7another town
Gamjor
Hear me boy cos your love is why
You got two three words you gonna be alright
And Cmajorthere’s powerful forces out up the swamp
It’ll Gmajorbe forever, make it permanent
DmajorAnd the life you get is the life that I waGmajornt
DmajorC’est plus que possible
              D7Gamjor
Tu le sais Acadienne
DmajorC’est plus que possible
D7Tu le sais AcadieGmajornne

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Acadienne

by Stephen Stills

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Chords in this song · guitar

Gmajor

Cmajor

Dmajor

Gmajor

WHEN the bayous haunted by Evangeline

In the pre-dawn hours close to Halloween

Cmajor

There’s a mist that’s hanging right in between

Gmajor

The Spanish moss & the cypress TREES

Dmajor Gmajor

And the memory of the life that’s gone wrong

Dmajor

C’est plus que possible

D7 Gmajor

Tu le sais Acadienne

Gmajor

I’m a driver alone in my Cadillac

In a white chair rug you’ll be thinking back

Cmajor

TO be running wild as a child OF NINE

Gmajor

And the snakes and ‘gators they was friends of mine

Dmajor Gmajor

I’ll forever be un petit Acadien

Dmajor

C’est plus que possible

D7 Gmajor

Tu le sais Acadienne

Cmajor2

And MY father never found peace enough

Gmajor

To cure his permanent wanderlust

Cmajor2

Every time we’d get settled down

Dmajor

We’d wake up heading for another town

Gmajor

From the Louisiana to the Florida

That’s a be my home to a (un-im-up ???)

Cmajor

That’s a simple people don’t complicate

Gmajor

And you hear the future in the hands of fate

Dmajor Gmajor

And the life you get is the life that I want

Dmajor

C’est plus que possible

D7 Gmajor

Tu le sais Acadienne

Cmajor2

And my father never found peace enough

Gmajor

To cure his permanent wanderlust

Cmajor2

Every time we’d get settled down

Dmajor 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

Cmajor

And there’s powerful forces out up the swamp

Gmajor

It’ll be forever, make it permanent

Dmajor Gmajor

And the life you get is the life that I want

Dmajor

C’est plus que possible

Gamjor

Tu le sais Acadienne

Dmajor

C’est plus que possible

D7 Gmajor

Tu le sais Acadienne

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