The Northwest Passage chords by Stan Rogers

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. / /