Northwest Passage Chords by Stan Rogers
Tempo:
107.4 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
A
E
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Ah, for just one time I would take the Northwest Passage
To [G] find the hand [D] of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea
Tracing one [A] warm line through [G] a land so wide and savage
And make a Northwest Passage to [D] the sea
[Em] Westward from the Davis Strait is there it was said to lie
The sea route to the [C#m] Orient for which so many died
Seeking gold and glory, leaving weathered broken bones
[E] And a long forgotten lonely cairn of stones
Ah, for just one time I would take the Northwest Passage
[G] To find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea
Tracing one warm line through a land so wide and savage
And make a Northwest Passage to [D] the sea
[Em] Three centuries thereafter I take passage over land
In the footsteps of brave Kelso where his sea of flowers began
Watching cities rise before me, then behind me sink again
This tardiest explorer driving hard across the plain
Ah, for [G] just one time I would take the Northwest Passage
To find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea
Tracing one warm line through a land so wide and savage
And make a Northwest Passage to [A] the sea
[E] And through the night behind the wheel, the mileage clicking west
I think upon Mackenzie, David Thompson, and the rest
Who cracked the mountain ramparts and did show a path for me
To [A#] race the roaring Fraser to the sea
Ah, for just [C#m] one time I [G] would take the Northwest Passage
To find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea
Tracing one warm line through a land so wide and savage
And make a Northwest Passage to [D] the sea
[E] How then am I so different from the first men through this way
Like them I left a settled life, I threw it all away
To seek a Northwest Passage at the call of many [C#] men
To find there but the [G] road back home again
Ah, for just one time I would take the Northwest Passage
To find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea
Tracing one warm line through a land so wide and savage
And make a Northwest Passage to [A] the sea
[D]
To [G] find the hand [D] of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea
Tracing one [A] warm line through [G] a land so wide and savage
And make a Northwest Passage to [D] the sea
[Em] Westward from the Davis Strait is there it was said to lie
The sea route to the [C#m] Orient for which so many died
Seeking gold and glory, leaving weathered broken bones
[E] And a long forgotten lonely cairn of stones
Ah, for just one time I would take the Northwest Passage
[G] To find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea
Tracing one warm line through a land so wide and savage
And make a Northwest Passage to [D] the sea
[Em] Three centuries thereafter I take passage over land
In the footsteps of brave Kelso where his sea of flowers began
Watching cities rise before me, then behind me sink again
This tardiest explorer driving hard across the plain
Ah, for [G] just one time I would take the Northwest Passage
To find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea
Tracing one warm line through a land so wide and savage
And make a Northwest Passage to [A] the sea
[E] And through the night behind the wheel, the mileage clicking west
I think upon Mackenzie, David Thompson, and the rest
Who cracked the mountain ramparts and did show a path for me
To [A#] race the roaring Fraser to the sea
Ah, for just [C#m] one time I [G] would take the Northwest Passage
To find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea
Tracing one warm line through a land so wide and savage
And make a Northwest Passage to [D] the sea
[E] How then am I so different from the first men through this way
Like them I left a settled life, I threw it all away
To seek a Northwest Passage at the call of many [C#] men
To find there but the [G] road back home again
Ah, for just one time I would take the Northwest Passage
To find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea
Tracing one warm line through a land so wide and savage
And make a Northwest Passage to [A] the sea
[D]
Key:
G
D
A
E
Em
G
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A
_ Ah, for just one time I would take the Northwest Passage
To [G] find the hand [D] of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea
Tracing one [A] _ warm line through [G] a land so wide and savage
And make a Northwest Passage to [D] the sea _
[Em] _ _ _ Westward from the Davis Strait is there it was said to lie
The sea route to the [C#m] Orient for which so many _ died
Seeking gold and glory, leaving weathered broken bones
[E] And a long forgotten lonely cairn of stones
_ Ah, for just one time I would take the Northwest Passage
[G] To find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea
Tracing one warm line through a land so wide and savage
And make a Northwest Passage to [D] the sea _
[Em] Three _ centuries thereafter I take passage over land
In the footsteps of brave Kelso where his sea of flowers began
Watching cities rise before me, then behind me sink again
This tardiest explorer driving hard across the plain
Ah, for [G] just one time I would take the Northwest Passage
To find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea
Tracing one warm line through a land so wide and savage
And make a Northwest Passage to [A] the sea _
[E] _ _ And through the night behind the wheel, the mileage clicking west
I think upon Mackenzie, David Thompson, and the rest
Who cracked the mountain _ ramparts and did show a path for me
To [A#] race the roaring Fraser to the sea
Ah, for _ just [C#m] one time I [G] would take the Northwest _ Passage
To find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea
_ Tracing one warm line through a land so wide and savage
_ And make a Northwest _ Passage to [D] the sea _ _
[E] _ How then am I so different from the first men through this way
Like them I left a settled life, I threw it all away
To seek a Northwest Passage at the call of many [C#] men
_ To find there but the [G] road back home _ again
Ah, for _ just one time I would take the Northwest Passage
To find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea
_ Tracing one warm line through a land so wide and savage
_ _ And make a Northwest _ Passage to [A] the sea
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
To [G] find the hand [D] of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea
Tracing one [A] _ warm line through [G] a land so wide and savage
And make a Northwest Passage to [D] the sea _
[Em] _ _ _ Westward from the Davis Strait is there it was said to lie
The sea route to the [C#m] Orient for which so many _ died
Seeking gold and glory, leaving weathered broken bones
[E] And a long forgotten lonely cairn of stones
_ Ah, for just one time I would take the Northwest Passage
[G] To find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea
Tracing one warm line through a land so wide and savage
And make a Northwest Passage to [D] the sea _
[Em] Three _ centuries thereafter I take passage over land
In the footsteps of brave Kelso where his sea of flowers began
Watching cities rise before me, then behind me sink again
This tardiest explorer driving hard across the plain
Ah, for [G] just one time I would take the Northwest Passage
To find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea
Tracing one warm line through a land so wide and savage
And make a Northwest Passage to [A] the sea _
[E] _ _ And through the night behind the wheel, the mileage clicking west
I think upon Mackenzie, David Thompson, and the rest
Who cracked the mountain _ ramparts and did show a path for me
To [A#] race the roaring Fraser to the sea
Ah, for _ just [C#m] one time I [G] would take the Northwest _ Passage
To find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea
_ Tracing one warm line through a land so wide and savage
_ And make a Northwest _ Passage to [D] the sea _ _
[E] _ How then am I so different from the first men through this way
Like them I left a settled life, I threw it all away
To seek a Northwest Passage at the call of many [C#] men
_ To find there but the [G] road back home _ again
Ah, for _ just one time I would take the Northwest Passage
To find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea
_ Tracing one warm line through a land so wide and savage
_ _ And make a Northwest _ Passage to [A] the sea
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _