Biography:
The Band was an influential Canadian-American rock and roll group of the 1960s and '70s, formed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Band included Robbie Robertson (guitar, piano, drums, harmonica); Richard Manuel (1943-1986) (piano, harmonica, drums, saxophone, organ, slide guitar); Garth Hudson (organ, piano, clavinet, accordion, synthesizer, saxophone); Rick Danko (1943-1999) (bass guitar, violin, trombone, guitar), and Levon Helm (1940-2012) (drums, mandolin, guitar, bass guitar, harmonica).
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Other songs:
- Long Black Veil
- Ophelia
- The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
- The Weight
- Theme From The Last Waltz
- Up On Cripple Creek
- Acadian Driftwood
- Across The Great Divide
- Atlantic City
- Back To Memphis
- Back To Memphis Remastered
- Bessie Smith
- Book Faded Brown
- Caldonia
- Caledonia Mission
- Chest Fever
- Christmas Must Be Tonight
- Daniel And The Sacred Harp
- Daniel Daniel And The Sacred Harp
- Dont Do It
- Dont Wait
- Down South In New Orleans
- Evangeline
- Georgia On My Mind
- Hobo Jungle
- Holy Cow
- I Aint Got No Home
- I Shall Be Released
- If I Lose
- Is All Depend On You
- It Makes No Difference
- Jawbone
- Jemima Surrender
- King Harvest Has Surely Come
- Last Train From Memphis
- Life Is A Carnival
- Livin In A Dream
- Lonesome Suzie
- Long Distance Operator
- Look Out Cleveland
- Lookout Cleveland
- Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever
- Move To Japan
- Music From Big Pink
- Mystery Train
- Northern Lights
- Old Time Religion
- Ophelia Come Together
- Out Of The Blue
- Promised Land
- Rag Mama Rag
- Remedy
- Rockin Chair
- Same Thing
- Sing At Night
- Smoke Signal
- Stage Fright
- Stones I Throw
- Tears Of Rage
- The Path
- The Promised Land
- The Rumor
- The Rumour
- The Shape Im In
- The Unfaithful Servant
- Thinkin Out Loud
- Thinking Out Loud
- This Wheels On Fire
- Time To Kill
- To Kingdom Come
- Too Soon Gone
- Twilight
- Twillight
- Volcano
- W S Walcott Medicine Show
- We Can Talk
- When I Get My Reward
- When I Paint My Masterpiece
- When You Awake
- Where Do We Go From Here
- Whispering Pines
- Yazoo Street Scandal
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[Intro]
e|------------|------------2-|
B|------------|------------3-|
G|-----------0|------------2-|
D|-----0-0h2--|------------0-|
A|-0h2--------|-0h2-0------0-|
E|-0----------|-------b3-0-0-|
[Verse]
D Asus4
The war was over and the spirit was broken
Bm G Em7
The hills were smokin' as the men withdrew
D A/E F#m
We stood on the cliffs, Oh, and watched the ships
G Em7
Slowly sinking to their rendezvous
D Asus4
They signed a treaty and our homes were taken
Bm Cadd9 Em7
Loved ones forsaken, they didn't give a damn
D A/E F#m
Tryin' to raise a family, end up the enemy
G Em7
Over what went down on the plains of Abraham
[Chorus]
D G Em7 Asus4 A
Acadian driftwood, gypsy tailwind,
G/B D/A G Em7
They call my home, the land of snow
D G Em7 Asus4 A
Canadian cold front, movin' in
G/B D/A G Bm Em7 A7 D
What a way to ride, oh what a way to go
[Verse]
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
[Chorus]
D G Em7 Asus4 A
Acadian driftwood, gypsy tailwind,
G/B D/A G Em7
They call my home, the land of snow
D G Em7 Asus4 A
Canadian cold front, movin' in
G/B D/A G Bm Em7 A7 D
What a way to ride, oh what a way to go
[Verse]
Fifteen under zero when the day became a threat
My clothes were wet and I was drenched to the bone
Been out ice fishing,mhmm,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,oh,But what hurt the most
When the people there said "You'd better keep movin' on"
[Chorus]
D G Em7 Asus4 A
Acadian driftwood, gypsy tailwind,
G/B D/A G Em7
They call my home, the land of snow
D G Em7 Asus4 A
Canadian cold front, movin' in
G/B D/A G Bm Em7 A7 D
What a way to ride, oh what a way to go
[Verse]
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
we 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
[Chorus]
D G Em7 Asus4 A
Acadian driftwood, gypsy tailwind,
G/B D/A G Em7
They call my home, the land of snow
D G Em7 Asus4 A
Canadian cold front, movin' in
G/B D/A G Bm Em7 A7 D
What a way to ride, oh what a way to go
[Outro]
(en francais to fade)
D Asus4 A G/B Em7
Sais tu, A-ca-di-e j'ai le mal du pays
D Asus4 A G/B Em7
Ta neige, Acadie, fait des larmes au solei
D Asus4 A G/B Em7 D
J'arrive Acadie, teedle um, teedle um, teedle ooh
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| b Bend
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e|------------|------------2-|
B|------------|------------3-|
G|-----------0|------------2-|
D|-----0-0h2--|------------0-|
A|-0h2--------|-0h2-0------0-|
E|-0----------|-------b3-0-0-|
[Verse]
D Asus4
The war was over and the spirit was broken
Bm G Em7
The hills were smokin' as the men withdrew
D A/E F#m
We stood on the cliffs, Oh, and watched the ships
G Em7
Slowly sinking to their rendezvous
D Asus4
They signed a treaty and our homes were taken
Bm Cadd9 Em7
Loved ones forsaken, they didn't give a damn
D A/E F#m
Tryin' to raise a family, end up the enemy
G Em7
Over what went down on the plains of Abraham
[Chorus]
D G Em7 Asus4 A
Acadian driftwood, gypsy tailwind,
G/B D/A G Em7
They call my home, the land of snow
D G Em7 Asus4 A
Canadian cold front, movin' in
G/B D/A G Bm Em7 A7 D
What a way to ride, oh what a way to go
[Verse]
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
[Chorus]
D G Em7 Asus4 A
Acadian driftwood, gypsy tailwind,
G/B D/A G Em7
They call my home, the land of snow
D G Em7 Asus4 A
Canadian cold front, movin' in
G/B D/A G Bm Em7 A7 D
What a way to ride, oh what a way to go
[Verse]
Fifteen under zero when the day became a threat
My clothes were wet and I was drenched to the bone
Been out ice fishing,mhmm,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,oh,But what hurt the most
When the people there said "You'd better keep movin' on"
[Chorus]
D G Em7 Asus4 A
Acadian driftwood, gypsy tailwind,
G/B D/A G Em7
They call my home, the land of snow
D G Em7 Asus4 A
Canadian cold front, movin' in
G/B D/A G Bm Em7 A7 D
What a way to ride, oh what a way to go
[Verse]
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
we 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
[Chorus]
D G Em7 Asus4 A
Acadian driftwood, gypsy tailwind,
G/B D/A G Em7
They call my home, the land of snow
D G Em7 Asus4 A
Canadian cold front, movin' in
G/B D/A G Bm Em7 A7 D
What a way to ride, oh what a way to go
[Outro]
(en francais to fade)
D Asus4 A G/B Em7
Sais tu, A-ca-di-e j'ai le mal du pays
D Asus4 A G/B Em7
Ta neige, Acadie, fait des larmes au solei
D Asus4 A G/B Em7 D
J'arrive Acadie, teedle um, teedle um, teedle ooh
************************************
| h Hammer-on
| b Bend
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