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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[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
[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:
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B
G
Bm
A
D
B
G
[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 _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[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 _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _