Northwest Passage Chords

STAN ROGERS – Northwest Passage
 
[Chorus 1]
        E        B            A                  C#m
Ah, for just one time I would take the Northwest Passage
   A                E                 F#m     G#m      A
To find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea
B       E        B              A                C#m
Tracing one warm line through a land so wild and savage
    A                E       B      E
And make a Northwest Passage to the sea
 
[Verse 1]
A                 E                                     B
Westward from the Davis Strait 'tis there 'twas said to lie
    A                E                   B    C#m
The sea route to the Orient for which so many died
A                E                         B      C#m
Seeking gold and glory, leaving weathered, broken bones
      A              E      B        C#m
And a long-forgotten lonely cairn of stones
 
[Chorus 2]
B       E        B            A                  C#m
Ah, for just one time I would take the Northwest Passage
   A                E                 F#m     G#m      A
To find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea
B       E        B              A                C#m
Tracing one warm line through a land so wild and savage
    A                E       B      E
And make a Northwest Passage to the sea
 
[Verse 2]
      A              E                         B
Three centuries thereafter, I take passage overland
       A                  E                         B          C#m
In the footsteps of brave Kelsey, where his "sea of flowers" began
         A             E                       B     C#m
Watching cities rise before me, then behind me sink again
     A          E               F#m   G#m       A
This tardiest explorer, driving hard across the plain
 
[Chorus 3]
B       E        B            A                  C#m
Ah, for just one time I would take the Northwest Passage
   A                E                 F#m     G#m      A
To find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea
B       E        B              A                C#m
Tracing one warm line through a land so wild and savage
    A                E       B      E
And make a Northwest Passage to the sea
 
[Verse 3]
    A                    E                                    B
And through the night, behind the wheel, the mileage clicking west
  A          E                         B       C#m
I think upon Mackenzie, David Thompson and the rest
    A                    E                       B        C#m
Who cracked the mountain ramparts and did show a path for me
   A                E      B      C#m
To race the roaring Fraser to the sea
 
[Chorus 4]
B       E        B            A                  C#m
Ah, for just one time I would take the Northwest Passage
   A                E                 F#m     G#m      A
To find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea
B       E        B              A                C#m
Tracing one warm line through a land so wild and savage
    A                E       B      E
And make a Northwest Passage to the sea
 
[Verse 4]
    A            E                                         B
How then am I so different from the first men through this way?
     A              E                        B    C#m
Like them, I left a settled life, I threw it all away
   A                E                      B    C#m
To seek a Northwest Passage at the call of many men
   A                  E         B     C#m
To find there but the road back home again
 
[Chorus 5]
B       E        B            A                  C#m
Ah, for just one time I would take the Northwest Passage
   A                E                 F#m     G#m      A
To find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea
B       E        B              A                C#m
Tracing one warm line through a land so wild and savage
    A                E       B      E
And make a Northwest Passage to the sea
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