Lyrics

Kim Beggs | Lyrics from Beauty and Breaking

Chemin de Rondin / Corduroy Road

By Kim Beggs and Leith Hill
key B

1 1 1 1
4 4 4 4
1 1 1 1
5 5 5 5 5 5

2m 2m 4 4
1 1 5 5
2m 2m 4 4
5 5 6m 6m 6m 6m

4 4 1 1
6m 6m 5 5
4 4 6m
4 5 5 1 1 1

Kim Beggs - acoustic guitar, vocal
David Baxter - electric guitar, mandolin
Brian Kobayakawa - bass
Roman Tome - percussion
John Showman - fiddle
Treasa Lavesseur - accordion, harmony

I found something in the attic coffer
A love letter written by my great grandfather
With tears that smudged, to my great Me Mere
Inside a fiddle with a lock of her hair.

Gabrielle, I have loved you so long
From the east coast to this northern town
My mother’s son, made a husband to thee
Your father’s daughter, made a wife for me

J’entends la mélodie éloignée.
Une qui m'appelle toujours
Parmi les pins mon âme s’est réveillée.
Sur la route le chemin de rondin

Floor boards creaked as I lifted the gem
From it's resting place from way back when
I pulled the long bow over the sinew
Heard a voice and the letter continued

Gabrielle, play the fiddle for me
The final verse in our harmony
Your lumberjack fell to the frozen ground
Play the fiddle as they lower me down

I hear a sweet, and distant melody
One that always calls to me
Through the ragged pines my soul awoke
Bringing me home by the Corduroy Road

Break

Birds sat quiet the wind got still
Gentle night brought a quiet chill
As the words rang out they kindled inside
For a lumberjack and his Acadian bride

Gabrielle, play the fiddle for thee
Your families' old time melodies
That held our hearts while we broke the ground
We made a home out of timber and sound

J’entends la mélodie éloignée.
Une qui m'appelle toujours
Parmi les pins mon âme s’est réveillée.
Sur la route le chemin de rondin

I hear a sweet, and distant melody
One that always calls to me
Through the ragged pines my soul awoke
Bringing me home by the Corduroy Road