Chords for Garnet Rogers - Northwest Passage

For which so [F] many died, seeking gold or glory,
[Am] _ Living or whether broken [F] bones, _ _ _
And a [Am] long-forgotten, [C] lonely can of [F] stoke.
_ _ _ _ Of fortune's [G] unflagging,
[A] A king of [Am] northwest passage,
[A] _ _
[C] She bore the horn, [A] she won a war of [G] the life,
Will [A] all lands abide and [Dm] savages have _ [A] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ _ [Am] no fear.
Three centuries [Am] thereafter,
I [A] take passage over land,
[F] _ _
Footsteps of red kelso,
_ [C] Where a sea [G] of flowers [F] began,
_ Watching cities rise before [E] me, _
[G] Behind me, I think,
[F] _ _ _ _
[E] It's farthest explored,
_ [C] _ _ [Am] Grabbing hard across the [F] plain.
_ _ Of fortune's [G] unflagging,
I [Am] would make a [F] northwest passage,
[Am] To find a hand of man,
_ _ _ [A] Raising blood [G] for the life,
[Am] Will all lands abide and [A] savages [Am] have no fear.
_ [C] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
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And [F] through the night behind the [Am] wheel,
_ By [G] inch clicking west,
[F] _ _ I think upon McKenzie,
[Am] _
David [D] Thompson, the rest,
[F] I'll crack the mountain round with my wits,
And so [G] show the path [F] for me,
_ _ [G] _
_ [Am] Raise the old [B] fraser to the sea.
[F] _ _ _ _ [C] Of [G] fortune's unflagging,
[A] I make a _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] northwest passage,
Raising blood for the life,
Will [Am] all lands abide and savages [Am] have no fear.
[C] And through the night behind the wheel,
_ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
By [D] inch clicking west,
From [Am] _ [A] the first one I see this way,
[F] _ I like him, I left a silver line, _
_ _ [Cm] Threw it all [F] away, _
Seek a northwest [Am] passage,
_ [A] Call the bloody [F] man, _
_ _ [G] _ Find [C] there but the road back _ home.
[G] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] Of fortune's [G] unflagging,
I [Am] _
_ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
make _ [Am] _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _
[A] _ _ a northwest _ [Am] passage, _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] Raising blood for the life,
[Am] Will all lands abide [F] and savages have [A] no fear. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
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And through the night behind the wheel,
_ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ David [A] _ _
Thompson, the rest,
I'll crack [F#] the mountain round [A] with my wits,
And through the night behind _ _ [C] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ the wheel,
I'll crack the mountain _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [A] _ [Cm] round _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _
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_ _ [C] _ _ _ with _
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_ _ [N] _ my wits. _ _