WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Stan Rogers - The Northwest Passage Chords | Ver. 1
[Chorus]
G D
Ah, for / just one / time,
Em
I would / take the Northwest / Passage
C G
To / find the hand of / Franklin,
D Em
Reaching / for the Beaufort / Sea.
D G D
Tracing / one warm / line,
Em
Through a / land so wide and / savage, and
C D G
Make a Northwest / Passage, to the / sea. / /
[Verse 1]
C G
Westward from the / Davis Strait,
D G
'Tis / there was said to / lie,
C G
The / sea route to the / Orient,
D G
For / which so many / died,
C G
Seeking gold and / glory,
D Em
Leaving / weathered broken / bones, and
C D Em
A / long forgotten / lonely cairn of / stones. / /
[Chorus]
D G D
Ah, for / just one / time,
Em
I would / take the Northwest / Passage
C G
To / find the hand of / Franklin,
D Em
Reaching / for the Beaufort / Sea.
D G D
Tracing / one warm / line,
Em
Through a / land so wide and / savage, and
C D G
Make a Northwest / Passage, to the / sea. / /
[Verse 2]
C G
Three / centuries there - / after,
D G
I take / passage over / land,
C G
In the / footsteps of brave / Kelso,
D G
Where his / "sea of flowers" be - / gan.
C G
Watching / cities rise be - / fore me,
D Em
Then be - / hind me sink a - / gain,
C G
This / tardiest ex - / plorer,
D Em
Driving / hard, a - cross the / plains. / /
[Chorus]
D G D
Ah, for / just one / time,
Em
I would / take the Northwest / Passage
C G
To / find the hand of / Franklin,
D Em
Reaching / for the Beaufort / Sea.
D G D
Tracing / one warm / line,
Em
Through a / land so wide and / savage, and
C D G
Make a Northwest / Passage, to the / sea. / /
[Verse 3]
C G
And / through the night be - / hind the wheel,
D G
The / mileage clicking / west,
C G
I / think upon Mac - / kenzie,
D G
David / Thompson, and the / rest,
C G
Who / cracked the mountain / ramparts, and
D Em
Did / show a path for / me,
C D Em
To / race the roaring / Fraser, to the / sea. / /
[Chorus]
D G D
Ah, for / just one / time,
Em
I would / take the Northwest / Passage
C G
To / find the hand of / Franklin,
D Em
Reaching / for the Beaufort / Sea.
D G D
Tracing / one warm / line,
Em
Through a / land so wide and / savage, and
C D G
Make a Northwest / Passage, to the / sea. / /
[Verse 4]
C G
How / then am I so / different,
D G
From the / first men through this / way,
C G
Like / them, I left a / settled life,
D G
I / threw it all a - / way,
C G
To / seek a Northwest / Passage,
D Em
At the / call of many / men,
C D Em
To / find there, but the / road back home a - / gain. / /
[Chorus]
D G D
Ah, for / just one / time,
Em
I would / take the Northwest / Passage
C G
To / find the hand of / Franklin,
D Em
Reaching / for the Beaufort / Sea.
D G D
Tracing / one warm / line,
Em
Through a / land so wide and / savage, and
C D G
Make a Northwest / Passage, to the / sea. / /
