Chords for Northwest Passage (Stan Rogers) - The Water Boys (A Cappella Cover)

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_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] Ah, for _ _ just [A] one time, [E] I would take the Northwest _ [G] _ [A#] Passage,
To [Gm] _ find the [E] hand of Franklin reaching [Em] _
for [G] the Beaufort Sea,
[E] _ Tracing [Dm] _ one more line [G] through a land so wide and savage,
And make a Northwest _ _ Passage to [D] the _ sea.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ Westward from the [D] Davis Strait, [Em] his earth was sent to [A] lie,
_ [G] The sea route to [D] the Orient, _ [E] for which so [D] many _ [G] died. _ _
Seeking all that I [Bm] know of wheat, leaving [D] weathered, broken [G] bones, _
And [Bm] their long _ -forgotten, lonely, barren [G] _ stones. _ _ _
[D] Ah, for _ [E] just one time, [G] I would take the Northwest Passage,
_ To find the hand [E] of Franklin reaching [Em] for [G] the Beaufort Sea, _
[D] Tracing one _ [Am] more [D] line through [G] a land so wide and savage,
_ And make a [Am]
Northwest _ [Em] Passage to [D] the sea.
_ _ _ _ [G] Three _ centuries _ [D] _ thereafter, [G] I [Em] take _ [E] passage [A] over land, _
[G] In the footsteps of [D] brave Castle, where [E] his sea of [D] flowers began.
_ [G] _ _ _ Watching [A] cities rise [Bm] before me, [D] then behind [F#m] me sink [G] _ again,
_ [Bm] This _ tardiest explorer _ driving [G] _ hard across the [C] plain.
[Dm] Ah, for _ just [E] one time, [Gm] I would take the [D] Northwest [G] _ Passage,
To find the hand [A] of Franklin reaching _ for the Beaufort Sea,
[D] _ [D] Tracing _ one [E] more [A] line through [G] a land so wide [D] and savage,
[G] And make a Northwest _ Passage to [D] the sea. _ _ _
_ [G] _ And through the night [D] behind the wheel, [E] the mileage ticking _ [A] _ west,
[G] I think about [D] _ Mackenzie, [E] _ David Thompson, _ [D] and the [G] rest.
He cracked the _ mountain's rampart, [D] and did show [F#m] a path [G] for me, _
[Bm] To race the roaring _ Fraser to [G] the _ sea. _
[E] _ [D] Ah, for _ just _ [A] one time, [E] I would take the Northwest _ [G] _ Passage,
To find the hand of [Dm] Franklin reaching [G] _ for the Beaufort Sea, _
[Dm] Tracing one more line [A#] through [D] a land so wide and savage,
_ And make a Northwest [G] Passage to [D] the sea. _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] How then am I [D] so different from the [E] first men through this [A] way?
_ [G] Like them, I [D] led a simple life, [E] I threw [D] it all away,
[G] _ To seek the Northwest _ Passage [D] at the call of [G] many _ men,
To [Bm] find there but the road back [B] home _ again.
[G] _ _ _
[Dm] Ah, for _ just one [C#] time, I [G] would take the [A] Northwest [G] _ Passage,
To find the [D] hand of Franklin reaching [G] _
for the Beaufort Sea, _
Tracing [D] _ one [E] more [Am] line through [G] a land so wide and savage,
_ And make a [Dm] Northwest _ _ [G] Passage to [Am] the [D] sea.
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_ Thank you. _ _ _
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