Chords for The Northwest Passage (Stan Rogers) Cover
Tempo:
61.65 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
Bm
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Ah, for just one time I would take the Northwest Passage
To [D] find the hand of Franklin [E] reaching for the Beaufort Sea
Tracing one [F] warm line through [Gm] a land so wild [F#] and savage
[G] Make a Northwest Passage to the sea
Westward from [D] the Davis Strait [A] is there t'was [Bm] said to lie
[G] The sea route to [D] the Horry and [A] for which so many die
[G] Seeking gold [D] and glory, [A] leaving weathered, [Bm] broken bones
[G] And a long [D]-forgotten, lonely [Bm] cairn of stones
Ah, [A] for just one time I [D] would take the [Bm] Northwest Passage
[G] To find the [D] hand of Franklin [Em] reaching for the [G] Beaufort Sea
[A] Tracing one warm line through [D] a land so [Bm] wild and savage
[D] Make a Northwest Passage to the sea
[G] Three centuries [D] there I [A] take passage [Bm] over land
[G] And the footsteps of [D] brave Cassie where [A] his sea of flowers began
[G] Watching cities rise [D] before me, then [A] behind me [Bm] sink again
[G] This tardiest [D] explorer [Bm] driving hard across the plain
[D] Ah, for just [A] one time [D] I would take the [Bm] Northwest Passage
[G] To find the [D] hand of Franklin [Bm] reaching for the [G] Beaufort Sea
[D] Tracing one [A] warm line [G] through a [D] land so wild and savage
[G] Make a [D] Northwest Passage to the sea
And [G] through the night [D] behind the wheel [A] the mileage [Bm] clicking west
[G] I think upon [D] Mackenzie, [A] David, Thompson and the [E] rest
Who cracked the [D] mountain rampart [A] and did show a [Bm] path for me
[G] To race the [D] roaring Fraser [Bm] to the sea
[A] Ah, for just one time [D] I would take the [Bm] Northwest Passage
[D] To find the hand of Franklin [Em] reaching for the [D] Beaufort Sea
Tracing one [A] warm line [D] through a land so [Bm] wild and savage
[D] Make a Northwest Passage to the sea
Then [G] am [D] I so different [A] from the first men [D] through this way
[G] Like them I [D] left a set of [A] life I threw it all away
[G] To seek a [D] Northwest Passage [A] at the call of many men
[G] To find their [D] mother or back [Bm] home again
Ah, [D] for just [A] one time [D] I would take the Northwest [Bm] Passage
To find the [D] hand of Franklin [Em] reaching for the Beaufort [G] Sea
Tracing one [A] warm line [G] through a land so wild [Bm] and savage
Make [D] a Northwest Passage to the sea
Make a Northwest [A] Passage to the sea
[Dm]
To [D] find the hand of Franklin [E] reaching for the Beaufort Sea
Tracing one [F] warm line through [Gm] a land so wild [F#] and savage
[G] Make a Northwest Passage to the sea
Westward from [D] the Davis Strait [A] is there t'was [Bm] said to lie
[G] The sea route to [D] the Horry and [A] for which so many die
[G] Seeking gold [D] and glory, [A] leaving weathered, [Bm] broken bones
[G] And a long [D]-forgotten, lonely [Bm] cairn of stones
Ah, [A] for just one time I [D] would take the [Bm] Northwest Passage
[G] To find the [D] hand of Franklin [Em] reaching for the [G] Beaufort Sea
[A] Tracing one warm line through [D] a land so [Bm] wild and savage
[D] Make a Northwest Passage to the sea
[G] Three centuries [D] there I [A] take passage [Bm] over land
[G] And the footsteps of [D] brave Cassie where [A] his sea of flowers began
[G] Watching cities rise [D] before me, then [A] behind me [Bm] sink again
[G] This tardiest [D] explorer [Bm] driving hard across the plain
[D] Ah, for just [A] one time [D] I would take the [Bm] Northwest Passage
[G] To find the [D] hand of Franklin [Bm] reaching for the [G] Beaufort Sea
[D] Tracing one [A] warm line [G] through a [D] land so wild and savage
[G] Make a [D] Northwest Passage to the sea
And [G] through the night [D] behind the wheel [A] the mileage [Bm] clicking west
[G] I think upon [D] Mackenzie, [A] David, Thompson and the [E] rest
Who cracked the [D] mountain rampart [A] and did show a [Bm] path for me
[G] To race the [D] roaring Fraser [Bm] to the sea
[A] Ah, for just one time [D] I would take the [Bm] Northwest Passage
[D] To find the hand of Franklin [Em] reaching for the [D] Beaufort Sea
Tracing one [A] warm line [D] through a land so [Bm] wild and savage
[D] Make a Northwest Passage to the sea
Then [G] am [D] I so different [A] from the first men [D] through this way
[G] Like them I [D] left a set of [A] life I threw it all away
[G] To seek a [D] Northwest Passage [A] at the call of many men
[G] To find their [D] mother or back [Bm] home again
Ah, [D] for just [A] one time [D] I would take the Northwest [Bm] Passage
To find the [D] hand of Franklin [Em] reaching for the Beaufort [G] Sea
Tracing one [A] warm line [G] through a land so wild [Bm] and savage
Make [D] a Northwest Passage to the sea
Make a Northwest [A] Passage to the sea
[Dm]
Key:
D
G
A
Bm
Em
D
G
A
Ah, for just one time I would take the Northwest Passage
To [D] find the hand of Franklin [E] reaching for the Beaufort Sea
Tracing one [F] warm line through [Gm] a land so wild [F#] and savage
[G] Make a Northwest Passage to the sea _
_ Westward from [D] the Davis Strait [A] is there t'was [Bm] said to lie
[G] The sea route to [D] the Horry and [A] for which so many die
[G] Seeking gold [D] and glory, [A] leaving weathered, [Bm] broken bones
[G] And a long [D]-forgotten, lonely [Bm] cairn of stones
Ah, [A] for just one time I [D] would take the [Bm] Northwest Passage
[G] To find the [D] hand of Franklin [Em] reaching for the [G] Beaufort Sea
[A] Tracing one warm line through [D] a land so [Bm] wild and savage
[D] Make a Northwest Passage to the sea _
[G] Three centuries [D] there I [A] take passage [Bm] over land
[G] And the footsteps of [D] brave Cassie where [A] his sea of flowers began
[G] Watching cities rise [D] before me, then [A] behind me [Bm] sink again
[G] This tardiest [D] explorer [Bm] driving hard across the plain
[D] Ah, for just [A] one time [D] I would take the [Bm] Northwest Passage
[G] To find the [D] hand of Franklin [Bm] reaching for the [G] Beaufort Sea
[D] Tracing one [A] warm line [G] through a [D] land so wild and savage
[G] Make a [D] Northwest Passage to the sea
And [G] through the night [D] behind the wheel [A] the mileage [Bm] clicking west
[G] I think upon [D] Mackenzie, [A] David, Thompson and the [E] rest
Who cracked the [D] mountain rampart [A] and did show a [Bm] path for me
[G] To race the [D] roaring Fraser [Bm] to the sea
[A] Ah, for just one time [D] I would take the [Bm] Northwest Passage
[D] To find the hand of Franklin [Em] reaching for the [D] Beaufort Sea
Tracing one [A] warm line [D] through a land so [Bm] wild and savage
[D] Make a Northwest Passage to the sea
Then [G] am [D] I so different [A] from the first men [D] through this way
[G] Like them I [D] left a set of [A] life I threw it all away
[G] To seek a [D] Northwest Passage [A] at the call of many men
[G] To find their [D] mother or back [Bm] home again
Ah, [D] for just [A] one time [D] I would take the Northwest [Bm] Passage
To find the [D] hand of Franklin [Em] reaching for the Beaufort [G] Sea
Tracing one [A] warm line [G] through a land so wild [Bm] and savage
Make [D] a Northwest Passage to the sea _
_ Make a Northwest [A] Passage to the sea
[Dm] _
To [D] find the hand of Franklin [E] reaching for the Beaufort Sea
Tracing one [F] warm line through [Gm] a land so wild [F#] and savage
[G] Make a Northwest Passage to the sea _
_ Westward from [D] the Davis Strait [A] is there t'was [Bm] said to lie
[G] The sea route to [D] the Horry and [A] for which so many die
[G] Seeking gold [D] and glory, [A] leaving weathered, [Bm] broken bones
[G] And a long [D]-forgotten, lonely [Bm] cairn of stones
Ah, [A] for just one time I [D] would take the [Bm] Northwest Passage
[G] To find the [D] hand of Franklin [Em] reaching for the [G] Beaufort Sea
[A] Tracing one warm line through [D] a land so [Bm] wild and savage
[D] Make a Northwest Passage to the sea _
[G] Three centuries [D] there I [A] take passage [Bm] over land
[G] And the footsteps of [D] brave Cassie where [A] his sea of flowers began
[G] Watching cities rise [D] before me, then [A] behind me [Bm] sink again
[G] This tardiest [D] explorer [Bm] driving hard across the plain
[D] Ah, for just [A] one time [D] I would take the [Bm] Northwest Passage
[G] To find the [D] hand of Franklin [Bm] reaching for the [G] Beaufort Sea
[D] Tracing one [A] warm line [G] through a [D] land so wild and savage
[G] Make a [D] Northwest Passage to the sea
And [G] through the night [D] behind the wheel [A] the mileage [Bm] clicking west
[G] I think upon [D] Mackenzie, [A] David, Thompson and the [E] rest
Who cracked the [D] mountain rampart [A] and did show a [Bm] path for me
[G] To race the [D] roaring Fraser [Bm] to the sea
[A] Ah, for just one time [D] I would take the [Bm] Northwest Passage
[D] To find the hand of Franklin [Em] reaching for the [D] Beaufort Sea
Tracing one [A] warm line [D] through a land so [Bm] wild and savage
[D] Make a Northwest Passage to the sea
Then [G] am [D] I so different [A] from the first men [D] through this way
[G] Like them I [D] left a set of [A] life I threw it all away
[G] To seek a [D] Northwest Passage [A] at the call of many men
[G] To find their [D] mother or back [Bm] home again
Ah, [D] for just [A] one time [D] I would take the Northwest [Bm] Passage
To find the [D] hand of Franklin [Em] reaching for the Beaufort [G] Sea
Tracing one [A] warm line [G] through a land so wild [Bm] and savage
Make [D] a Northwest Passage to the sea _
_ Make a Northwest [A] Passage to the sea
[Dm] _