Northwest Passage Live Chords

by Nathan Rogers
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Nathan Rogers version of this song on the guitar. It's based on the videos where you can see him playing. Dropped D tunning.Was this info helpful?
Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: D A D G B E
Key: D
Capo: no capo
Author rtgasi [pro] 114.
1 contributor total, last edit on Feb 8, 2023

Chords

D
A
G
B
E
Dsus2
Dsus2/F#
G6
Bsus4/D
B7sus4/D
Em
F#7sus4
A/D
Dadd9

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This is how Nathan Rogers plays it on the guitar. You can check it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJqhiJZY_IQ
 
It's on the tune that Stan Rogers sing (D).
There's a small intro and the first verse is played before the chorus.
To play in the same tone that Nathan Rogers sing (E), put the capo on the 2nd fret.
 
Tuning is  D A D G B E
 
I couldn't make the website automatic chords to have the right drawing, so use the ones below:
 
[Chords]
Dsus2    000230
D7Msus2  000220
Dsus2/F# 400230
G6       555000
A        002220
Bsus4/D  024400
B7sus4/D 004400
Em       222000
F#7sus4  444x00
 
[Intro]
Dsus2  D7Msus2 (Repeat)
Dsus2  Dsus2/F#
 
[Verse 1]
G6                Dsus2
Westward from the Davis Strait
                         A
'Tis there 'twas said to lie
G6                  Dsus2
The sea route to the Orient
             A    Bsus4/D  B7sus4/D
For which so many died
G6               Dsus2
Seeking gold and glory,
                   A            Bsus4/D
Leaving weathered, broken bones
    A G6             Dsus2  A           Bsus4/D
And a long-forgotten lonely cairn of stones
 
 
[Chorus]
A       Dsus2    A
Ah, for just one time
        G6                 Bsus4/D
I would take the Northwest Passage
B7sus4/D   G6               Dsus2
To         find the hand of Franklin
         Em      F#7sus4  G6
Reaching for the Beaufort Sea
A/D     Dadd9    A/D
Tracing one warm line
          G6               Bsus4/D
Through a land so wild and savage
B7sus4/D     G6               Dsus2   A      Dsus2   Dsus2/F#
And          make a Northwest Passage to the sea
 
 
[Verse 2]
G6                Dsus2
Three centuries thereafter
                    A
I take passage overland
         G6               Dsus2
In the footsteps of brave Kelso
                  A        Bsus4/D  B7sus4/D
Where his "sea of flowers" began
G6                    Dsus2
Watching cities rise before me
               A    Bsus4/D
Then behind me sink again
B7sus4/D  G6         Dsus2
This      tardiest explorer
        Em   F#7sus4    G6
Driving hard across the plain
 
 
[Chorus]
A/D     Dadd9    A/D
Ah, for just one time
        G6                 Bsus4/D
I would take the Northwest Passage
B7sus4/D   G6               Dsus2
To         find the hand of Franklin
         Em      F#7sus4  G6
Reaching for the Beaufort Sea
A/D     Dadd9    A/D
Tracing one warm line
          G6               Bsus4/D
Through a land so wild and savage
B7sus4/D     G6               Dsus2   A      Dsus2   Dsus2/F#
And          make a Northwest Passage to the sea
 
 
[Verse 3]
G6                     Dsus2
And through the night, behind the wheel
                     A
The mileage clicking west
  G6            Dsus2
I think upon Mackenzie,
               A       Bsus4/D
David Thompson and the rest
B7sus4/D   G6                   Dsus2
Who        cracked the mountain ramparts
               A    Bsus4/D
And did show a path for me
B7sus4/D  G6               Dsus2  A      Bsus4/D
To        race the roaring Fraser to the sea
 
 
[Chorus]
A       Dsus2    A
Ah, for just one time
        G6                 Bsus4/D
I would take the Northwest Passage
B7sus4/D   G6               Dsus2
To         find the hand of Franklin
         Em      F#7sus4  G6
Reaching for the Beaufort Sea
A/D     Dadd9    A/D
Tracing one warm line
          G6               Bsus4/D
Through a land so wild and savage
B7sus4/D     G6               Dsus2   A      Dsus2   Dsus2/F#
And          make a Northwest Passage to the sea
 
 
[Verse 4]
G6               Dsus2
How then am I so different
                                A
From the first men through this way?
     G6             Dsus2
Like them, I left a settled life
           A   Bsus4/D
I threw it all away
B7sus4/D   G6                   Dsus2
To         seek a Northwest Passage
               A       Bsus4/D
At the call of many men
B7sus4/D  G6              Dsus2  A      Bsus4/D
To        find there but the road back home again
 
 
[Chorus]
A       Dsus2    A
Ah, for just one time
        G6                 Bsus4/D
I would take the Northwest Passage
B7sus4/D   G6               Dsus2
To         find the hand of Franklin
         Em      F#7sus4  G6
Reaching for the Beaufort Sea
A/D     Dadd9    A/D
Tracing one warm line
          G6               Bsus4/D
Through a land so wild and savage
B7sus4/D     G6               Dsus2   A      Dsus2
And          make a Northwest Passage to the sea
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