Chords for Northwest Passage | The Longest Pony
Tempo:
60 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
Bm
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[F#] [E] [D] [A] [G]
[Bm] [G] [D] [A] [D]
[G] Westward from [D] the Davis Strait, [A] tis there [Bm] t'was set alight,
[G] The sea route to [D] the Orient, [A] for which so many [Bm] die.
[G] Seeking gold [D] and glory, [A] leaving weathered, broken [Bm] bones,
[G] And a long [D]-forgotten, [A] lonely [G] cairn of stones.
[Em] Ah, for [D] just [A] one time, I [G] would take the [Bm] Northwest Passage,
[G] To find the hand [D] of Franklin, reaching [Em] [F#m] for the [G] Beaufort Sea,
[D] Tracing one [A] warm light through [G] a land so [Bm] wide and savage,
[G] And make a [D] Northwest [A] Passage to [D] the sea.
[G] Three centuries [D] thereafter, I [A] take passage [Bm] over land,
In [G] the footsteps of [D] brave Kelsey, [A] where his sea of flowers [Bm] began,
[G] Watching cities [D] arise before me, then [A] behind me sink [Bm] again,
[G] This tardiest [D] explorer, driving [A] hard across [G] the plain.
[E] Ah, [D] for just [A] one time, I [G] would take the [Bm] Northwest Passage,
[G] To find the hand [D] of Franklin, reaching [Em] [D] for the [G] Beaufort Sea,
[D] Tracing one [A] warm light through [G] a land so [Bm] wide and savage,
[G] And make a [D] Northwest [A] Passage to [D] the sea.
[G] And through the night, [D] behind the wheel, [A] the [Bm] mileage clicking west,
[G] I think upon [D] Mackenzie, [A] David Thompson, [Bm] and the rest,
[G] Who cracked the mountain [D] ramparts [A] and did show a path [Bm] for me,
[G] To race the [D] roaring Fraser [A] to [Em] the sea.
[F#m] [D] [G] [A] Ah, [D] for just [A] one time, I [G] would take the [Bm] Northwest Passage,
[G] To find the hand [D] of Franklin, [Em] reaching [F#m] for the [G] Beaufort Sea,
[D] Tracing one [A] warm light through [G] a land so [Bm] wide and savage,
[G] And [D] make a Northwest [A] Passage to [D] the sea.
[A]
[D] [A] [G] [F#m] [Bm]
[G] [D] [Em] [D] [G]
[D] [A] [G] [Bm] [F#m]
[G] [D] [A] [D]
[N] How then am I so different from the first men through this way?
Like them, I left a settled life, I threw it all away,
[G] To seek a Northwest [D] Passage [A] at the call of many [Bm] men,
[G] And to find there but [D] the road [A] back home [G] again.
[E] Ah, for [D] just [A] one time, I [G] would [Bm] take the Northwest [F#m] Passage,
[G] To find the hand [D] of Franklin, reaching [Em] [D] for the [G] Beaufort Sea,
[D] Tracing one warm [A] light through [G] a [F#m] land so wide [Bm] and savage,
[G] And make a [D] Northwest [A] Passage to [G] the sea.
And make a [D] Northwest [F#m] Passage to [Bm] the sea.
[G] And make a [D] Northwest Passage [A] to the [D] sea.
And make a Northwest Passage to the sea.
[Bm] [G] [D] [A] [D]
[G] Westward from [D] the Davis Strait, [A] tis there [Bm] t'was set alight,
[G] The sea route to [D] the Orient, [A] for which so many [Bm] die.
[G] Seeking gold [D] and glory, [A] leaving weathered, broken [Bm] bones,
[G] And a long [D]-forgotten, [A] lonely [G] cairn of stones.
[Em] Ah, for [D] just [A] one time, I [G] would take the [Bm] Northwest Passage,
[G] To find the hand [D] of Franklin, reaching [Em] [F#m] for the [G] Beaufort Sea,
[D] Tracing one [A] warm light through [G] a land so [Bm] wide and savage,
[G] And make a [D] Northwest [A] Passage to [D] the sea.
[G] Three centuries [D] thereafter, I [A] take passage [Bm] over land,
In [G] the footsteps of [D] brave Kelsey, [A] where his sea of flowers [Bm] began,
[G] Watching cities [D] arise before me, then [A] behind me sink [Bm] again,
[G] This tardiest [D] explorer, driving [A] hard across [G] the plain.
[E] Ah, [D] for just [A] one time, I [G] would take the [Bm] Northwest Passage,
[G] To find the hand [D] of Franklin, reaching [Em] [D] for the [G] Beaufort Sea,
[D] Tracing one [A] warm light through [G] a land so [Bm] wide and savage,
[G] And make a [D] Northwest [A] Passage to [D] the sea.
[G] And through the night, [D] behind the wheel, [A] the [Bm] mileage clicking west,
[G] I think upon [D] Mackenzie, [A] David Thompson, [Bm] and the rest,
[G] Who cracked the mountain [D] ramparts [A] and did show a path [Bm] for me,
[G] To race the [D] roaring Fraser [A] to [Em] the sea.
[F#m] [D] [G] [A] Ah, [D] for just [A] one time, I [G] would take the [Bm] Northwest Passage,
[G] To find the hand [D] of Franklin, [Em] reaching [F#m] for the [G] Beaufort Sea,
[D] Tracing one [A] warm light through [G] a land so [Bm] wide and savage,
[G] And [D] make a Northwest [A] Passage to [D] the sea.
[A]
[D] [A] [G] [F#m] [Bm]
[G] [D] [Em] [D] [G]
[D] [A] [G] [Bm] [F#m]
[G] [D] [A] [D]
[N] How then am I so different from the first men through this way?
Like them, I left a settled life, I threw it all away,
[G] To seek a Northwest [D] Passage [A] at the call of many [Bm] men,
[G] And to find there but [D] the road [A] back home [G] again.
[E] Ah, for [D] just [A] one time, I [G] would [Bm] take the Northwest [F#m] Passage,
[G] To find the hand [D] of Franklin, reaching [Em] [D] for the [G] Beaufort Sea,
[D] Tracing one warm [A] light through [G] a [F#m] land so wide [Bm] and savage,
[G] And make a [D] Northwest [A] Passage to [G] the sea.
And make a [D] Northwest [F#m] Passage to [Bm] the sea.
[G] And make a [D] Northwest Passage [A] to the [D] sea.
And make a Northwest Passage to the sea.
Key:
D
G
A
Bm
F#m
D
G
A
[F#] _ [E] _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ [A] _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] Westward from [D] the Davis Strait, [A] tis there [Bm] t'was set alight,
[G] The sea route to [D] the Orient, [A] for which so many [Bm] die.
[G] Seeking gold [D] and glory, [A] leaving weathered, broken [Bm] bones,
[G] And a long [D]-forgotten, [A] lonely [G] cairn of stones.
[Em] Ah, for [D] just [A] one time, I [G] would take the [Bm] Northwest Passage,
[G] To find the hand [D] of Franklin, reaching [Em] [F#m] for the [G] Beaufort Sea,
[D] Tracing one [A] warm light through [G] a land so [Bm] wide and savage,
[G] And make a [D] Northwest [A] Passage to [D] the sea. _
_ [G] Three centuries [D] thereafter, I [A] take passage [Bm] over land,
In [G] the footsteps of [D] brave Kelsey, [A] where his sea of flowers [Bm] began,
[G] Watching cities [D] arise before me, then [A] behind me sink [Bm] again,
[G] This tardiest [D] explorer, driving [A] hard across [G] the plain.
[E] Ah, [D] for just [A] one time, I [G] would take the [Bm] Northwest Passage,
[G] To find the hand [D] of Franklin, reaching [Em] [D] for the [G] Beaufort Sea,
[D] Tracing one [A] warm light through [G] a land so [Bm] wide and savage,
[G] And make a [D] Northwest [A] Passage to [D] the sea.
_ [G] And through the night, [D] behind the wheel, [A] the [Bm] mileage clicking west,
[G] I think upon [D] Mackenzie, [A] David Thompson, [Bm] and the rest,
[G] Who cracked the mountain [D] ramparts [A] and did show a path [Bm] for me,
[G] To race the [D] roaring Fraser [A] to [Em] the sea.
[F#m] _ [D] _ [G] _ _ [A] Ah, [D] for just [A] one time, I [G] would take the [Bm] Northwest Passage,
[G] To find the hand [D] of Franklin, [Em] reaching [F#m] for the [G] Beaufort Sea,
[D] Tracing one [A] warm light through [G] a land so [Bm] wide and savage,
[G] And [D] make a Northwest [A] Passage to [D] the sea.
_ [A] _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ [F#m] _ [Bm] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ [D] _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] _
[G] _ [D] _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _
[N] How then am I so different from the first men through this way?
Like them, I left a settled life, I threw it all away,
[G] To seek a Northwest [D] Passage [A] at the call of many [Bm] men,
[G] And to find there but [D] the road [A] back home [G] again.
[E] Ah, for [D] just [A] one time, I [G] would [Bm] take the Northwest [F#m] Passage,
[G] To find the hand [D] of Franklin, reaching [Em] [D] for the [G] Beaufort Sea,
[D] Tracing one warm [A] light through [G] a [F#m] land so wide [Bm] and savage,
[G] And make a [D] Northwest [A] Passage to [G] the sea. _
And make a [D] Northwest [F#m] Passage to [Bm] the sea. _
[G] And make a [D] Northwest Passage [A] to the [D] sea.
_ _ _ And make a Northwest Passage to the sea. _ _
[Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ [A] _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] Westward from [D] the Davis Strait, [A] tis there [Bm] t'was set alight,
[G] The sea route to [D] the Orient, [A] for which so many [Bm] die.
[G] Seeking gold [D] and glory, [A] leaving weathered, broken [Bm] bones,
[G] And a long [D]-forgotten, [A] lonely [G] cairn of stones.
[Em] Ah, for [D] just [A] one time, I [G] would take the [Bm] Northwest Passage,
[G] To find the hand [D] of Franklin, reaching [Em] [F#m] for the [G] Beaufort Sea,
[D] Tracing one [A] warm light through [G] a land so [Bm] wide and savage,
[G] And make a [D] Northwest [A] Passage to [D] the sea. _
_ [G] Three centuries [D] thereafter, I [A] take passage [Bm] over land,
In [G] the footsteps of [D] brave Kelsey, [A] where his sea of flowers [Bm] began,
[G] Watching cities [D] arise before me, then [A] behind me sink [Bm] again,
[G] This tardiest [D] explorer, driving [A] hard across [G] the plain.
[E] Ah, [D] for just [A] one time, I [G] would take the [Bm] Northwest Passage,
[G] To find the hand [D] of Franklin, reaching [Em] [D] for the [G] Beaufort Sea,
[D] Tracing one [A] warm light through [G] a land so [Bm] wide and savage,
[G] And make a [D] Northwest [A] Passage to [D] the sea.
_ [G] And through the night, [D] behind the wheel, [A] the [Bm] mileage clicking west,
[G] I think upon [D] Mackenzie, [A] David Thompson, [Bm] and the rest,
[G] Who cracked the mountain [D] ramparts [A] and did show a path [Bm] for me,
[G] To race the [D] roaring Fraser [A] to [Em] the sea.
[F#m] _ [D] _ [G] _ _ [A] Ah, [D] for just [A] one time, I [G] would take the [Bm] Northwest Passage,
[G] To find the hand [D] of Franklin, [Em] reaching [F#m] for the [G] Beaufort Sea,
[D] Tracing one [A] warm light through [G] a land so [Bm] wide and savage,
[G] And [D] make a Northwest [A] Passage to [D] the sea.
_ [A] _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ [F#m] _ [Bm] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ [D] _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] _
[G] _ [D] _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _
[N] How then am I so different from the first men through this way?
Like them, I left a settled life, I threw it all away,
[G] To seek a Northwest [D] Passage [A] at the call of many [Bm] men,
[G] And to find there but [D] the road [A] back home [G] again.
[E] Ah, for [D] just [A] one time, I [G] would [Bm] take the Northwest [F#m] Passage,
[G] To find the hand [D] of Franklin, reaching [Em] [D] for the [G] Beaufort Sea,
[D] Tracing one warm [A] light through [G] a [F#m] land so wide [Bm] and savage,
[G] And make a [D] Northwest [A] Passage to [G] the sea. _
And make a [D] Northwest [F#m] Passage to [Bm] the sea. _
[G] And make a [D] Northwest Passage [A] to the [D] sea.
_ _ _ And make a Northwest Passage to the sea. _ _