WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Stan Rogers - Northwest Passage Chords | Ver. 1
[Chorus 1]
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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
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The sea route to the Orient for which so many died
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Seeking gold and glory, leaving weathered, broken bones
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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
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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
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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?
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Like them, I left a settled life, I threw it all away
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To seek a Northwest Passage at the call of many men
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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