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F C9
The war was over and the spirit was broken
Dm9 Ebmaj9 Gm7
The hills were smokin` as the men withdrew
F
We stood on the cliffs
C/G A9
Oh, and watched the ships
Bb Gm7
Slowly sinking to their rendezvous
F C9
They signed a treaty and our homes were taken
Dm9 Ebmaj9
Loved ones forsaken
Gm7
They didn`t give a damn
F
Try`n` to raise a family
C/G A9
End up the enemy
Bb Gm7
Over what went down on the plains of Abraham (*)


F Bb
Acadian driftwood
Gm7 C7
Gypsy tail wind
Bb/D F/C Bb Gm7
They call my home the land of snow
F Bb Gm7 C7
Canadian cold front movin` in
Bb/D F/C
What a way to ride
Bb Dm7/A Gm7 C7 F
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

F C7sus4 C7 Bb/D Gm7
Sais tu, A-ca-di-e j`ai le mal du pays
[You know, Acadia, I long for the country (I am homesick)]
F C7sus4 C7 Bb/D Gm7
Ta neige, Acadie, fait des larmes au soleil
[Your snow, Acadia, makes tears in the sun (or for the sun)]
F C7sus4 C7 Bb/D Gm7
J`arrive Acadie, teedle um, teedle um, teedle ooh
[I am arriving Acadia (or I am coming Acadia)]

Release History

The The Band song "Acadian Driftwood" appears on the following albums:
A Musical History
27 September 2005

A Musical History

  1. Across the Great Divide (2:54)
  2. Ain't Got No Home (3:26)
  3. Katie's Been Gone (2:46)
  4. Life Is a Carnival (3:57)
  5. Who Do You Love (2:40)
  6. Ain't No More Cane on the Brazos (3:59)
  7. Rag Mama Rag (3:02)
  8. Share Your Love With Me (2:55)
  9. When I Paint My Masterpiece (4:18)
  10. You Know I Love You (2:45)
  11. Didn't It Rain (3:20)
  12. Don't Ya Tell Henry (3:14)
  13. Further on Up the Road (3:09)
  14. The Moon Struck One (4:09)
  15. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (3:32)
  16. Forever Young (4:57)
  17. Nineteen Years Old (4:15)
  18. Tears of Rage (5:19)
  19. The River Hymn (4:40)
  20. When You Awake (3:15)
  21. Don't Do It (4:36)
  22. Honky Tonk (3:05)
  23. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (3:37)
  24. To Kingdom Come (3:58)
  25. Up on Cripple Creek (4:32)
  26. Bacon Fat (2:40)
  27. Caledonia Mission (3:23)
  28. Highway 61 Revisited (3:58)
  29. In A Station (3:33)
  30. Whispering Pines (3:56)
  31. King Harvest (Has Surely Come) (3:38)
  32. Ophelia (3:31)
  33. Robbie's Blues (3:37)
  34. Smoke Signal (5:09)
  35. The Weight (4:33)
  36. Acadian Driftwood (6:40)
  37. Get Up, Jake (2:18)
  38. Leave Me Alone (2:38)
  39. Unfaithful Servant (4:41)
  40. We Can Talk (3:04)
  41. It Makes No Difference (6:32)
  42. Jemima Surrender (3:49)
  43. Long Black Veil (3:03)
  44. The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show (4:06)
  45. Uh Uh Uh (2:22)
  46. Chest Fever (5:11)
  47. Daniel and the Sacred Harp (4:14)
  48. He Don't Love You (And He'll Break Your Heart) (2:38)
  49. The Genetic Method (7:32)
  50. Twilight (3:16)
  51. Christmas Must Be Tonight (3:37)
  52. (I Want to Be) The Rainmaker (Sketch) (2:59)
  53. Lonesome Suzie (3:00)
  54. Time To Kill (3:26)
  55. All La Glory (3:33)
  56. (I Don't Want to) Hang Up My Rock and Roll Shoes (4:31)
  57. The Saga of Peptone Rouge (4:15)
  58. The Stones I Throw (Sketch) (1:07)
  59. This Wheel's On Fire (3:11)
  60. I Shall Be Released (3:12)
  61. Livin' in a Dream (2:52)
  62. Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever (3:38)
  63. The Shape I'm In (4:01)
  64. The Stones I Throw (Will Free All Men) (2:06)
  65. Endless Highway (5:08)
  66. Forbidden Fruit (5:41)
  67. Go Go Liza Jane (2:13)
  68. Stage Fright (3:41)
  69. Yazoo Street Scandal (3:56)
  70. Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? (3:38)
  71. Home Cookin' (3:45)
  72. I Ain't Got No Home (3:47)
  73. Move Me (2:57)
  74. The Rumor (4:16)
  75. Orange Juice Blues (Blues for Breakfast) (3:18)
  76. Out of the Blue (3:22)
  77. Slippin' and Slidin' (3:23)
  78. Tell Me, Momma (4:06)
  79. Two Piano Song (4:13)
  80. Baby Lou (3:40)
  81. Don't You Do It (3:48)
  82. Evangeline (3:12)
  83. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (5:38)
  84. Mystery Train (5:40)
  85. Long Distance Operator (4:34)
  86. Strawberry Wine (3:47)
  87. Words and Numbers (Sketch) (4:13)
  88. Key to the Highway (2:24)
  89. Rockin' Chair (3:42)
  90. You Don't Come Through (Sketch) (2:03)
  91. Beautiful Thing (Sketch) (1:41)
  92. Bessie Smith (4:17)
  93. Look Out, Cleveland (3:35)
  94. 4% Pantomime (4:32)
  95. Caledonia Mission (Sketch) (2:29)
  96. Odds and Ends (1:49)
  97. Ferdinand the Impostor (4:07)
  98. Ruben Ruben (3:15)
  99. Will the Circle Be Unbroken (0:55)
Across the Great Divide
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15 November 1994

Across the Great Divide

  1. Tears of Rage (5:19)
  2. When I Paint My Masterpiece (4:18)
  3. Who Do You Love (2:40)
  4. Do the Honky Tonk (live) (2:59)
  5. The Moon Struck One (4:09)
  6. The Weight (4:33)
  7. He Don't Love You (2:37)
  8. I Shall Be Released (3:12)
  9. Life Is a Carnival (3:57)
  10. Chest Fever (5:11)
  11. Katie's Been Gone (2:46)
  12. The River Hymn (4:40)
  13. Bessie Smith (4:17)
  14. Don't Do It (live) (6:18)
  15. In A Station (3:33)
  16. Caldonia Mission (live) (3:22)
  17. Orange Juice Blues (Blues for Breakfast) (demo) (3:18)
  18. To Kingdom Come (3:58)
  19. Ain't No Cane on the Brazos (live) (4:26)
  20. Lonesome Suzie (3:00)
  21. The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show (live) (3:53)
  22. Get Up Jake (live) (3:21)
  23. Rag Mama Rag (3:02)
  24. Slippin' and Slidin' (live) (3:14)
  25. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (3:32)
  26. This Wheel's on Fire (live) (3:55)
  27. Twilight (3:16)
  28. Back to Memphis (live) (5:58)
  29. King Harvest (Has Surely Come) (3:38)
  30. Share Your Love With Me (2:55)
  31. Mystery Train (5:40)
  32. Rockin' Chair (3:42)
  33. Too Wet to Work (live) (2:30)
  34. Acadian Driftwood (6:40)
  35. Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever (live) (3:26)
  36. Whispering Pines (3:56)
  37. Don't Ya Tell Henry (live) (3:24)
  38. Ophelia (3:31)
  39. Up on Cripple Creek (4:32)
  40. Across the Great Divide (2:54)
  41. Endless Highway (live) (5:10)
  42. It Makes No Difference (6:32)
  43. Livin' in a Dream (2:52)
  44. She Knows (live) (3:23)
  45. Unfaithful Servant (4:41)
  46. Evangeline (feat. Emmylou Harris) (3:12)
  47. Shape I'm In (4:01)
  48. The Saga of Pepote Rouge (4:12)
  49. Daniel and the Sacred Harp (4:14)
  50. Out of the Blue (3:22)
  51. Right as Rain (3:49)
  52. All La Glory (3:33)
  53. The Weight (feat. The Staple Singers) (4:36)
  54. Stage Fright (3:41)
  55. The Last Waltz Refrain (1:32)
  56. Theme From The Last Waltz (Orchestra) (3:25)
Northern Lights-Southern Cross
0000-00-00

Northern Lights-Southern Cross

  1. Acadian Driftwood (6:40)
  2. Christmas Must Be Tonight (3:37)
  3. Forbidden Fruit (5:41)
  4. Hobo Jungle (4:14)
  5. It Makes No Difference (6:32)
  6. Jupiter Hollow (5:19)
  7. Ophelia (3:31)
  8. Rags And Bones (4:45)
  9. Ring Your Bell (3:55)
  10. Twilight (3:16)
Northern Lights - Southern Cross
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01 November 1975

Northern Lights - Southern Cross

  1. Forbidden Fruit (5:41)
  2. Hobo Jungle (4:14)
  3. Ophelia (3:31)
  4. Acadian Driftwood (6:40)
  5. Ring Your Bell (3:55)
  6. Rags And Bones (4:45)
  7. It Makes No Difference (6:32)
  8. Jupiter Hollow (5:19)
To Kingdom Come
18 September 1989

To Kingdom Come

  1. Back to Memphis (5:59)
  2. Don't Do It (Baby Don't You Do It) (4:42)
  3. Life Is a Carnival (3:57)
  4. Tears of Rage (5:19)
  5. To Kingdom Come (3:58)
  6. When I Paint My Masterpiece (4:18)
  7. 4% Pantomime (4:32)
  8. Long Black Veil (3:03)
  9. Chest Fever (5:11)
  10. The River Hymn (4:40)
  11. Mystery Train (5:40)
  12. The Weight (4:33)
  13. Endless Highway (5:08)
  14. I Shall Be Released (3:12)
  15. Get Up, Jake (2:18)
  16. Up on Cripple Creek (4:32)
  17. It Makes No Difference (6:32)
  18. Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever (3:38)
  19. Ophelia (3:31)
  20. Rag Mama Rag (3:02)
  21. Acadian Driftwood (6:40)
  22. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (3:32)
  23. Christmas Must Be Tonight (3:37)
  24. Unfaithful Servant (4:41)
  25. King Harvest (Has Surely Come) (3:38)
  26. The Saga of Pepote Rouge (4:12)
  27. Knockin' Lost John (3:50)
  28. The Shape I'm In (4:01)
  29. The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show (4:06)
  30. Daniel and the Sacred Harp (4:14)
  31. Stage Fright (3:41)

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