Chords for Northwest Passage, Oysterband, Runrig, Bruce Guthro, Alan Doyle, Brian McNeill, Tonder Festival
Tempo:
64 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
E
A
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Gm] [B] Sometime [Em] I will [D] take an artless [G] passage
To find [D] the hand of Reign
Reaching for the [G] poor sea
Tracing [D] one more [E] line
[G] Through a land so white and savage
And make an artless passage to the sea
Westward from the day the stranger set to lie
The sea route to the [Am] eye for which [G] so many died
Seeking gold and glory leaving with a broken bone
[D] And the long forgotten lonely herd of stone
Ah, for [E] just one [D] time
I [G] will take an artless [D] passage
To [G] find the hand of Reign
Reaching for the poor sea
[D] Tracing one more [A] line
[G] Through a land so wild and savage
And [D] make an artless passage to the sea
[Ab] And [D] through the night behind the wheel of my legs ticking west
I think upon Mackenzie, David, Thompson and Ness
Who cracked the mountain ramparts and did show a path for me
To race the road and [G] phrase their truth of [A] scheming
[D] Ah, for just [A] one [E] time
I will [G] take an artless passage
[D] To find the hand of [E] Reign
Reaching for the [B] poor [D] sea
Tracing one more [Eb] line
Through a [G] land so wild and savage
And make an [D] artless [A] passage to the [G] sea
Three [F] centuries thereafter I take passage [G] over land
Through the footsteps of [D] Grey Castle where the seed of flowers began
[Am] Watching cities [G] rise before me and behind me sink again
[D] This tardiest explorer [Gm] driving hard [B] across the [D] plains
Ah, for [E] just one time
I will [D] take an [G] artless passage
[E] To find the hand of Reign
Reaching for the [G] poor [D] sea
Tracing one more line
[G] Through a land so wild and savage
And [D] make an artless [D] passage to the sea
How am [G] I so different from the first men to this way?
[D] Like a man of the South, life I threw it all away
To seek an artless passage [E] at the call of many men
[D] To find there but the road back [G] home [D] again
[Am] Ah, [D]
for just [C] one [D] time
[G] I will take an artless passage
To [D] find the hand of Reign
[E] Reaching [G] for the poor sea
Tracing [A] one more line
[D] Through a land so wild and savage
And make an artless passage to the sea
Ah, for [A] just one [G] time
I will take an artless passage
To find the hand of Reign
[E] Reaching [G] for the poor sea
[D] Tracing [A] one more [D] line
Through a land so [G] wild and savage
And make an [D] artless [A] passage [D] to the sea
[Gm] [Dm]
To find [D] the hand of Reign
Reaching for the [G] poor sea
Tracing [D] one more [E] line
[G] Through a land so white and savage
And make an artless passage to the sea
Westward from the day the stranger set to lie
The sea route to the [Am] eye for which [G] so many died
Seeking gold and glory leaving with a broken bone
[D] And the long forgotten lonely herd of stone
Ah, for [E] just one [D] time
I [G] will take an artless [D] passage
To [G] find the hand of Reign
Reaching for the poor sea
[D] Tracing one more [A] line
[G] Through a land so wild and savage
And [D] make an artless passage to the sea
[Ab] And [D] through the night behind the wheel of my legs ticking west
I think upon Mackenzie, David, Thompson and Ness
Who cracked the mountain ramparts and did show a path for me
To race the road and [G] phrase their truth of [A] scheming
[D] Ah, for just [A] one [E] time
I will [G] take an artless passage
[D] To find the hand of [E] Reign
Reaching for the [B] poor [D] sea
Tracing one more [Eb] line
Through a [G] land so wild and savage
And make an [D] artless [A] passage to the [G] sea
Three [F] centuries thereafter I take passage [G] over land
Through the footsteps of [D] Grey Castle where the seed of flowers began
[Am] Watching cities [G] rise before me and behind me sink again
[D] This tardiest explorer [Gm] driving hard [B] across the [D] plains
Ah, for [E] just one time
I will [D] take an [G] artless passage
[E] To find the hand of Reign
Reaching for the [G] poor [D] sea
Tracing one more line
[G] Through a land so wild and savage
And [D] make an artless [D] passage to the sea
How am [G] I so different from the first men to this way?
[D] Like a man of the South, life I threw it all away
To seek an artless passage [E] at the call of many men
[D] To find there but the road back [G] home [D] again
[Am] Ah, [D]
for just [C] one [D] time
[G] I will take an artless passage
To [D] find the hand of Reign
[E] Reaching [G] for the poor sea
Tracing [A] one more line
[D] Through a land so wild and savage
And make an artless passage to the sea
Ah, for [A] just one [G] time
I will take an artless passage
To find the hand of Reign
[E] Reaching [G] for the poor sea
[D] Tracing [A] one more [D] line
Through a land so [G] wild and savage
And make an [D] artless [A] passage [D] to the sea
[Gm] [Dm]
Key:
D
G
E
A
Gm
D
G
E
[Gm] [B] Sometime [Em] I will [D] take an artless [G] passage
To find [D] the hand of Reign
Reaching for the [G] poor sea
Tracing [D] one more [E] line
[G] Through a land so white and savage
And make an artless passage to the sea
Westward from the day the stranger set to lie
The sea route to the [Am] eye for which [G] so many died
Seeking gold and glory leaving with a broken bone
[D] And the long forgotten lonely herd of stone
Ah, for [E] just one [D] time
I [G] will take an artless [D] passage
To [G] find the hand of Reign
Reaching for the poor sea
[D] Tracing one more [A] line
[G] Through a land so wild and savage
And [D] make an artless passage to the sea
[Ab] And [D] through the night behind the wheel of my legs ticking west
I think upon Mackenzie, David, Thompson and Ness
Who cracked the mountain ramparts and did show a path for me
To race the road and [G] phrase their truth of [A] scheming
[D] Ah, for just [A] one [E] time
I will [G] take an artless passage
[D] To find the hand of [E] Reign
Reaching for the [B] poor [D] sea
Tracing one more [Eb] line
Through a [G] land so wild and savage
And make an [D] artless [A] passage to the [G] sea
_ Three [F] centuries thereafter I take passage [G] over land
Through the footsteps of [D] Grey Castle where the seed of flowers began
[Am] Watching cities [G] rise before me and behind me sink again
[D] This tardiest explorer [Gm] driving hard [B] across the [D] plains
Ah, for [E] just one time
I will [D] take an [G] artless passage
[E] To find the hand of Reign
Reaching for the [G] poor [D] sea
Tracing one more line
[G] Through a land so wild and savage
And [D] make an artless [D] passage to the sea _
How am [G] I so different from the first men to this way?
[D] Like a man of the South, life I threw it all away
To seek an artless passage [E] at the call of many men
[D] To find there but the road back [G] home [D] again
_ [Am] _ Ah, [D]
for just [C] one [D] time
[G] I will take an artless passage
To [D] find the hand of Reign
[E] Reaching [G] for the poor sea
Tracing [A] one more line
[D] Through a land so wild and savage
And make an artless passage to the sea
Ah, for [A] just one [G] time
I will take an artless passage
To find the hand of Reign
[E] Reaching [G] for the poor sea
[D] Tracing [A] one more [D] line
Through a land so [G] wild and savage
And make an [D] artless [A] passage [D] to the sea
[Gm] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
To find [D] the hand of Reign
Reaching for the [G] poor sea
Tracing [D] one more [E] line
[G] Through a land so white and savage
And make an artless passage to the sea
Westward from the day the stranger set to lie
The sea route to the [Am] eye for which [G] so many died
Seeking gold and glory leaving with a broken bone
[D] And the long forgotten lonely herd of stone
Ah, for [E] just one [D] time
I [G] will take an artless [D] passage
To [G] find the hand of Reign
Reaching for the poor sea
[D] Tracing one more [A] line
[G] Through a land so wild and savage
And [D] make an artless passage to the sea
[Ab] And [D] through the night behind the wheel of my legs ticking west
I think upon Mackenzie, David, Thompson and Ness
Who cracked the mountain ramparts and did show a path for me
To race the road and [G] phrase their truth of [A] scheming
[D] Ah, for just [A] one [E] time
I will [G] take an artless passage
[D] To find the hand of [E] Reign
Reaching for the [B] poor [D] sea
Tracing one more [Eb] line
Through a [G] land so wild and savage
And make an [D] artless [A] passage to the [G] sea
_ Three [F] centuries thereafter I take passage [G] over land
Through the footsteps of [D] Grey Castle where the seed of flowers began
[Am] Watching cities [G] rise before me and behind me sink again
[D] This tardiest explorer [Gm] driving hard [B] across the [D] plains
Ah, for [E] just one time
I will [D] take an [G] artless passage
[E] To find the hand of Reign
Reaching for the [G] poor [D] sea
Tracing one more line
[G] Through a land so wild and savage
And [D] make an artless [D] passage to the sea _
How am [G] I so different from the first men to this way?
[D] Like a man of the South, life I threw it all away
To seek an artless passage [E] at the call of many men
[D] To find there but the road back [G] home [D] again
_ [Am] _ Ah, [D]
for just [C] one [D] time
[G] I will take an artless passage
To [D] find the hand of Reign
[E] Reaching [G] for the poor sea
Tracing [A] one more line
[D] Through a land so wild and savage
And make an artless passage to the sea
Ah, for [A] just one [G] time
I will take an artless passage
To find the hand of Reign
[E] Reaching [G] for the poor sea
[D] Tracing [A] one more [D] line
Through a land so [G] wild and savage
And make an [D] artless [A] passage [D] to the sea
[Gm] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _