The Northwest Passage chords by Stan Rogers

Chords with lyrics

Chorus:
     G+G     D MajorD
Ah, for / just one / time,
     E minorEm
I would / take the Northwest / Passage
   C majorC         G+G
To / find the hand of / Franklin,
      D MajorD         E minorEm
Reaching / for the Beaufort / Sea.
D MajorD     G+G     D MajorD
Tracing / one warm / line,
      E minorEm
Through a / land so wide and / savage, and
C majorC         D MajorD      G+G
Make a Northwest / Passage, to the / sea. / /

Verse 1:
C majorC          G+G
Westward from the / Davis Strait,
    D MajorD          G+G
'Tis / there was said to / lie,
   C majorC         G+G
The / sea route to the / Orient,
   D MajorD        G+G
For / which so many / died,
C majorC         G+G
Seeking gold and / glory,
     D MajorD         E minorEm
Leaving / weathered broken / bones, and
  C majorC        D MajorD      E minorEm
A augmentedA / long forgotten / lonely cairn of / stones. / /

Chorus:
D MajorD     G+G     D MajorD
Ah, for / just one / time,
     E minorEm
I would / take the Northwest / Passage
   C majorC         G+G
To / find the hand of / Franklin,
      D MajorD         E minorEm
Reaching / for the Beaufort / Sea.
D MajorD     G+G     D MajorD
Tracing / one warm / line,
      E minorEm
Through a / land so wide and / savage, and
C majorC         D MajorD      G+G
Make a Northwest / Passage, to the / sea. / /

Verse 2:
    C majorC          G+G
Three / centuries there - / after,
     D MajorD       G+G
I take / passage over / land,
     C majorC          G+G
In the / footsteps of brave / Kelso,
      D MajorD            G+G
Where his / "sea of flowers" be - / gan.
      C majorC         G+G
Watching / cities rise be - / fore me,
      D MajorD         E minorEm
Then be - / hind me sink a - / gain,
    C majorC        G+G
This / tardiest ex - / plorer,
     D MajorD           E minorEm
Driving / hard, a - cross the / plains. / /

Chorus:
D MajorD     G+G     D MajorD
Ah, for / just one / time,
     E minorEm
I would / take the Northwest / Passage
   C majorC         G+G
To / find the hand of / Franklin,
      D MajorD         E minorEm
Reaching / for the Beaufort / Sea.
D MajorD     G+G     D MajorD
Tracing / one warm / line,
      E minorEm
Through a / land so wide and / savage, and
C majorC         D MajorD      G+G
Make a Northwest / Passage, to the / sea. / /

Verse 3:
   C majorC            G+G
And / through the night be - / hind the wheel,
   D MajorD         G+G
The / mileage clicking / west,
  C majorC         G+G
I / think upon Mac - / kenzie,
    D MajorD          G+G
David / Thompson, and the / rest,
   C majorC           G+G
Who / cracked the mountain / ramparts, and
   D MajorD         E minorEm
Did / show a path for / me,
   C majorC         D MajorD        E minorEm
To / race the roaring / Fraser, to the / sea. / /

Chorus:
D MajorD     G+G     D MajorD
Ah, for / just one / time,
     E minorEm
I would / take the Northwest / Passage
   C majorC         G+G
To / find the hand of / Franklin,
      D MajorD         E minorEm
Reaching / for the Beaufort / Sea.
D MajorD     G+G     D MajorD
Tracing / one warm / line,
      E minorEm
Through a / land so wide and / savage, and
C majorC         D MajorD      G+G
Make a Northwest / Passage, to the / sea. / /

Verse 4:
   C majorC       G+G
How / then am I so / different,
      D MajorD            G+G
From the / first men through this / way,
    C majorC        G+G
Like / them, I left a / settled life,
  D MajorD         G+G
I / threw it all a - / way,
   C majorC         G+G
To / seek a Northwest / Passage,
     D MajorD       E minorEm
At the / call of many / men,
   C majorC           D MajorD          E minorEm
To / find there, but the / road back home a - / gain. / /

Chorus:
D MajorD     G+G     D MajorD
Ah, for / just one / time,
     E minorEm
I would / take the Northwest / Passage
   C majorC         G+G
To / find the hand of / Franklin,
      D MajorD         E minorEm
Reaching / for the Beaufort / Sea.
D MajorD     G+G     D MajorD
Tracing / one warm / line,
      E minorEm
Through a / land so wide and / savage, and
C majorC         D MajorD      G+G
Make a Northwest / Passage, to the / sea. / /