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03-14-2020, 07:29 PM
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I have not played this version from this website but the songs that I have used from here have been very accurate.
http://theband.hiof.no/lyrics/acadian_driftwood.html 
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#3
03-14-2020, 07:51 PM
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Simply wonderful song, I play it, although in D (I think Robbie capoed.) Never bothered to work out the little intro but now you've inspired me. The link above is fairly close, although the C9 should be a sus first for one beat then it resolves to C9, non sus. My guess is that Robbie's chords are mostly standard voicing, but Rick's bass lines really give it character with the non roots moving. So I do play all the slash chords. Try it in D, with or without a capo.
EDIT: Dang, I stand corrected. The C9 is after all correct. At least in the first verse.  I thought I was hearing a sus then resolve (4-3, F-E) but it's not really there. What is there is the 9th (D) and just faintly a high Bb, which makes it a C9. First couple times I swore there was no Bb (so it would be Cadd9), but, as noted, it's on the 1st string. What makes these songs so hard to hear and reduce down to, for example, a solo acoustic version, is the layering of parts, PLUS the fact that they aren't always the same from one verse to the next. So in order to "play" it yourself, you often have to just pick what works for you. Garth adding his crazy stuff, Robbie overdubbing random lead fills, etc. etc. Thick, wonderful usic. Complex, although not in a "prog rock" way, complex in a folk way. Last edited by Italuke; 03-25-2020 at 07:12 PM.
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#4
03-14-2020, 08:44 PM
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Great song!
Several years ago I found myself in Quebec City, strolling over the Plains of Abraham. Besides picking up maple leaves the size of head, there was nothing else to do but sing this song in its entirety. And I'm not even Canadian! Except in spirit...
Yes. The Band's website is well worth perusing. They've posted some scholarly reference papers thats how the literary roots of many of the songs, like this one.
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#5
03-14-2020, 08:55 PM
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#6
03-14-2020, 11:25 PM
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03-15-2020, 12:15 PM
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Terrific song! One of my many favorites from The Band...
Haven't checked out tab for it, but there are a couple versions on YT that are worth checking out... one is Amy Helm and her band, on their bus en route to a gig somewhere, and the guitarist starts the tune and they all pitch in... the other is Shawn Colvin doing the song on some cruise ship gig... Certainly a song worth learning and performing! I always figure that people should NEVER forget about The Band and their music, and take every opportunity to play their songs and remind folks about them...
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#8
03-15-2020, 12:48 PM
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I have an old copy of The Band's "Northern Lights - Southern Cross" songbook. The chords on the above link match with the ones in the songbook.
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#9
03-15-2020, 09:02 PM
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After listening to the re-mastered version on YT, as well as checking out the YT tutorial and The Band's website... I can't believe that Robbie's playing that in F with standard tuning...
All the sounds from the guitar feel like he's playing out of D major shape... perhaps he's capoing 3 frets? I'm pretty sure that D will be the key I'll teach myself... haven't figured out whether it will be drop D or not.
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#10
03-26-2020, 05:12 AM
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04-03-2020, 10:36 AM
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On page 439 of his biography, Robbie says its tuned to open D.
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04-03-2020, 11:50 AM
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