Northwest Passage Chords by Stan Rogers

Tempo:
122 bpm
Chords used:

D

B

G

Bm

A

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Stan Rogers - Northwest Passage chords
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[N] [B] Ah, [D] for just one time I would take the [B] Northwest Passage
[G] To find the [D] hand of Franklin reaching for the [G] Beaufort Sea
[D] Tracing one [A]
warm line through a land so wide [D] and [G] savage
And make [D] a Northwest [A] Passage to [D] the sea
[B] Westward from the Davis Strait is there t [A]'was said to lie
[B] The sea route to the Orient for [E] which so [D] many died
[Bm] Seeking gold and glory, leaving [B] weathered broken bones
And a long -forgotten lonely cairn of stones
[G] Ah, [D] for just one [A] time I would take the Northwest [B]
Passage
To [G] find the hand of [A] Franklin reaching [G] for the [Bm] Beaufort [G]
Sea
[D] Tracing one [A] warm line [G] through a [A] land so wide and [G] savage
And make a Northwest [Gbm]
Passage to [D] the sea
[B] Three centuries [Bm] thereafter [B] I take passage [A] over land
[Bm] In the footsteps of [G] brave Kelso where his [E] sea of flowers [Gm] began
[B] Watching cities rise [D] before me, [B]
then behind me [Bm] sink again
This tardiest explorer driving [D] hard [B] across the plain
[D] Ah, for just [A] one time [Bm] I [G] would [A] take the Northwest [Bm]
Passage
[G] To find the [D] hand of Franklin reaching [G] for the Beaufort [Em] Sea
[D] Tracing one [A] warm line through [G] a [D] land so wide and [B] savage
[G] And make a [D] Northwest Passage to the sea
[B] And through the night [G] behind the wheel, the mileage [D] clicking west
I [Bm] think upon McKenzie, David Thompson, [D] and the [B] rest
Who cracked the mountain [G] ramparts and did show [B] a path for me
[D] To race [B] the roaring Fraser [D] to [B] the sea
Ah, [D] for just one [A] time [Bm] I would [D] take the Northwest [Bm]
Passage
To [G] find the [D] hand of Franklin reaching [G] for the Beaufort Sea
[D] Tracing one warm [A]
line [D] through a [A] land so wide and [B] savage
[G] And make a [D] Northwest [E] Passage to [D] the sea
[Eb]
[Bm] How then am I so different from the first [Bb] men through [Bm] this way
Like them I left a settled life, I threw it [D] all away
[B] To seek a Northwest [Bm] [B] Passage at the [Bm] call of many men
To find there but the road back [B]
home again
[Bm] Ah, [D] for just one time I would take the Northwest [Bm]
Passage
To [G] find the hand of [D] Franklin reaching [B] for [G] the Beaufort Sea
[D] Tracing one warm line through a [A] land so wide and [B] savage
[G] And make a [D] Northwest [Am] Passage to the sea
Key:  
D
1321
B
12341112
G
2131
Bm
13421112
A
1231
D
1321
B
12341112
G
2131
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To learn Stan Rogers - Northwest Passage chords, your practice should emphasize these chord progressions: B, G, D, B, A, B, A and G. A strategic approach would be to train at 61 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 122. Tune your capo to accommodate your vocal range, referencing the song's key: D Major.

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[N] _ [B] Ah, [D] for just one time I would take the [B] Northwest Passage
[G] To find the [D] hand of Franklin reaching for the [G] Beaufort Sea
[D] Tracing one _ [A]
warm line through a land so wide [D] and [G] savage
And make [D] a Northwest _ [A] Passage to [D] the sea _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ Westward from the Davis Strait is there t [A]'was said to lie
_ [B] The sea route to the Orient for [E] which so [D] many _ died
[Bm] Seeking gold and glory, leaving [B] weathered broken bones
And a long _ -forgotten lonely cairn of _ stones
_ [G] Ah, [D] for _ just one [A] time I would take the Northwest [B] _
Passage
To [G] _ find the hand of [A] Franklin reaching [G] for the [Bm] Beaufort _ [G]
Sea
[D] Tracing _ one [A] warm line [G] through a [A] land so wide and [G] savage
And make a Northwest [Gbm] _
Passage to [D] the _ sea _
_ [B] Three centuries _ [Bm] thereafter [B] I take passage [A] over land
[Bm] In the footsteps of [G] brave Kelso where his [E] sea of flowers [Gm] began
[B] Watching cities rise [D] before me, [B]
then behind me [Bm] sink again
This tardiest _ explorer driving _ [D] hard [B] across the plain
[D] Ah, for just [A] one time [Bm] I [G] would [A] take the Northwest [Bm]
Passage
[G] To find the [D] hand of Franklin reaching _ [G] for the Beaufort [Em] Sea
_ [D] Tracing one [A] warm line through [G] a [D] land so wide and [B] _ savage
[G] And make a [D] Northwest Passage to the sea _ _
[B] _ _ And through the night [G] behind the wheel, the mileage [D] clicking west
I [Bm] think upon McKenzie, _ David Thompson, [D] and the [B] rest
Who cracked the mountain _ [G] ramparts and did show [B] a path for me
[D] To race [B] the roaring Fraser [D] to [B] the sea
_ Ah, [D] for _ just one [A] time [Bm] I would [D] take the Northwest _ [Bm]
Passage
To [G] find the [D] hand of Franklin reaching [G] for the Beaufort Sea
_ [D] Tracing one warm [A]
line [D] through a [A] land so wide and [B] savage
_ [G] And make a [D] Northwest _ [E] Passage to [D] the sea
_ [Eb] _
_ [Bm] How then am I so different from the first [Bb] men through [Bm] this way
_ Like them I left a settled life, I threw it [D] all away _
[B] To seek a Northwest [Bm] _ [B] Passage at the [Bm] call of many _ men
To find there but the road back [B]
home _ again
_ [Bm] Ah, [D] for _ just one time I would take the Northwest _ [Bm]
Passage
To [G] find the hand of [D] Franklin reaching [B] for [G] the Beaufort Sea
_ [D] Tracing one _ warm line through a [A] land so wide and [B] savage
_ [G] And make a [D] Northwest _ _ [Am] Passage to _ the sea _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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