Northwest Passage Chords by Stan Rogers

[G] Ah, for just one time I would take the Northwest _ Passage
To find the hand [A] of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea
Tracing one warm line [G] through a land so wide and savage
And make a Northwest Passage [A] to the sea _
[Em] _ _ _ Westward from the Davis Strait is there t'was said to lie
The sea route to the Orient for which so many died
Seeking gold and glory, leaving weathered broken bones
And [G] a long-forgotten lonely cairn of _ stones
Ah, for just one time I would take the Northwest Passage
To find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea
Tracing one warm line through a land so wide and savage
And make a Northwest Passage to [D] the _ sea
[Em] Three centuries thereafter I take passage over land
In the footsteps of brave Kelso where his sea of flowers began
Watching cities rise before me, then behind me sink again
This tardiest _ explorer driving hard across the plain
Ah, for just one time I would take the Northwest [G] Passage
To find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea
Tracing one warm line through a land so wide and savage
And make a Northwest Passage [A] to the sea _
[E] _ And through the night behind the wheel, the mileage clicking west
I think upon [D] Mackenzie, David Thompson, and [E] the rest
Who cracked the mountain ramparts and did show a path for me
To race the roaring Fraser to the sea
Ah, for _ just one time I would take the [N] Northwest Passage _ _ _ _
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