The Fields Of Acadie

G C/G D Em C D G D Far from the golden meadows round the village of Grand-Pré. G D Em D G C Far from the land and ocean of her path of exile lay G D Em D G C Down many roads through many a town by river and by sea G C/G D Em C D G Until all hope was long and far from the field of acadie G C/G D Em C D G D Evangeline the fair was she when hope burned bright and clear G D Em D G C But from her beauty something lose with each and every year G D Em D G C At length to serve she took the veil as a sister of mercy G C/G D Em C D G She turned away from the dreams of home and the fields of acadie G C/G D Em C D G D First on a sunday morning through streets so still and grey G D Em D G C She went into an alms house with countenance so grave G D Em D G C Between the sick and the dying fools she moved like breath of spring G C/G D Em C D G And the hand she lay on each burning brow was soft as an angel's wing G C/G D Em C D G D But of a sudden from her cheeks the light and bloom did fade G D Em D G C And many a fevered head did turn at the dreadful cry she made G D Em D G C The hopes and fears of all the years in one sight had she seen G C/G D Em C D G It was there she found her gabriel and he evangeline G C/G D Em C D G D Now he beheld as in a dream the green fields of home G D Em D G C And from her sweet embracing arms he never more will roam G D Em D G C The searching heart will find its mate like river finds the sea G C/G D Em C D G And in her arms he lies again in the fields of acadie