Northwest Passage Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]Ah, for just one [A]time [D]I would
[G]take the [D]Northwest Passage
To [G]find the hand of [D]Franklin reaching
[G]for the [D]Beaufort [G]Sea
[D]Tracing one warm [A]line [D]through
a [G]land so wild and savage
And make a Northwest
[D]Passage [A]to the [D]sea

[Verse 2]
West[G]ward from [D]the Davis Strait
'tis there 'twas said [A]to lie
[D]The sea route to [G]the Ori[D]ent for
which so many died
[G]Seeking gold [D]and glory,
leaving weathered, broken bones
And a long- forgotten lonely
[A]cairn of stone[G]s[D]

[Verse 3]
Ah, for [D]just one [A]time [D]I would
[G]take the [A]Northwest [D]Passage
To [G]find the hand of [D]Franklin reaching
[G]for the Beaufort Sea
[D]Tracing one warm [A]line [D]through
a [G]land so [D]wild and savage
And [G]make a Northwest
[D]Passage [A]to the [D]sea

[Verse 4]
Three cen[G]turies there[D]after,
I take passage overland
In the footsteps [G]of [D]brave Kelsey,
where his Sea of Flowers began
Watching cities rise before me,
then behind me sink again
This tardiest explorer,
driving hard across the plain

[Verse 5]
Ah, for [D]just one [A]time [D]I would
[G]take the [D]Northwest Passage
To [G]find the hand of [D]Franklin [A]reaching
[G]for the Beaufort Sea
[D]Tracing one warm [A]line through
a [G]land so [A]wild and [D]savage
And [G]make a Northwest [D]Passage [A]to the [D]sea

[Verse 6]
And [D]through the night, behind the wheel,
the mileage clicking west
I [G]think upon [D]Mackenzie,
David Thompson and the rest
Who [G]cracked the [D]mountain ramparts
and did show a path for [G]me
[D]To race the roaring Fraser to the sea[G][D]

[Verse 7]
Ah, for [D]just one [A]time [D]I would
[G]take the [A]Northwest [D]Passage
To [G]find the hand of [D]Franklin reaching
[G]for the Beaufort Sea
[D]Tracing one warm [A]line [D]through
a [G]land so [D]wild and savage
And [G]make a Northwest
[A]Passage to the [D]sea
[G]How then

[Verse 8]
[D]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 [G]men
To [D]find there but the road
back home [G]again[D]

[Verse 9]
Ah, for [D]just one [A]time [D]I would
[G]take the [A]Northwest [D]Passage
To [G]find the hand of [D]Franklin reaching
[G]for the Beaufort Sea
[D]Tracing one warm [A]line through
a [G]land [A]so wild [D]and savage
An[G]d make a North
[D]west [A]Passage to [D]the sea