Northwest Passage
Stan Rogers (1981)
Chorus
Ah, for | [D] just one | [A] time,
I would | [G] take the Northwest | [Bm] Passage
To | [G] find the hand of | [D] Franklin,
Reaching | [Em] for the Beaufort | [G] Sea.
Tracing | [D] one warm | [A] line,
Through a | [G] land so wide and | [Bm] savage, and
| [G] Make a Northwest | [D] Passage, [A] to the | [D] sea. | [D]
| [Bm] Westward from the | [D] Davis Strait,
'Tis | [G] there was said to | [Bm] lie,
The | [Bm] sea route to the | [D] Orient,
For | [Em] which so many | [G] died,
| [Bm] Seeking gold and | [D] glory,
Leaving | [G] weathered broken | [Bm] bones, and
A | [G] long forgotten | [D] lonely [A] cairn of | [Bm] stones. | [Bm]
Chorus
Ah, for | [D] just one | [A] time,
I would | [G] take the Northwest | [Bm] Passage
To | [G] find the hand of | [D] Franklin,
Reaching | [Em] for the Beaufort | [G] Sea.
Tracing | [D] one warm | [A] line,
Through a | [G] land so wide and | [Bm] savage, and
| [G] Make a Northwest | [D] Passage, [A] to the | [D] sea. | [D]
Three | [Bm] centuries there - | [D] after,
I take | [G] passage over | [Bm] land,
In the | [Bm] footsteps of brave | [D] Kelso,
Where his | [Em] "sea of flowers" be- | [G] gan.
Watching | [Bm] cities rise be- | [D] fore me,
Then be - | [G] hind me sink a- | [Bm] gain,
This | [G] tardiest ex- | [D] plorer,
Driving | [A] hard, across the | [Bm] plains.
Chorus
Ah, for | [D] just one | [A] time,
I would | [G] take the Northwest | [Bm] Passage
To | [G] find the hand of | [D] Franklin,
Reaching | [Em] for the Beaufort | [G] Sea.
Tracing | [D] one warm | [A] line,
Through a | [G] land so wide and | [Bm] savage, and
| [G] Make a Northwest | [D] Passage, [A] to the | [D] sea. | [D]
And | [Bm] through the night be- | [D] hind the wheel,
The | [G] mileage clicking | [Bm] west,
I | [Bm] think upon Mac- | [D] kenzie,
David | [Em] Thompson, and the | [G] rest,
Who | [Bm] cracked the mountain | [D] ramparts, and
Did | [G] show a path for | [Bm] me,
To | [G] race the roaring | [D] Fraser, [A] to the | [Bm] sea. | [Bm]
Chorus
Ah, for | [D] just one | [A] time,
I would | [G] take the Northwest | [Bm] Passage
To | [G] find the hand of | [D] Franklin,
Reaching | [Em] for the Beaufort | [G] Sea.
Tracing | [D] one warm | [A] line,
Through a | [G] land so wide and | [Bm] savage, and
| [G] Make a Northwest | [D] Passage, [A] to the | [D] sea. | [D]
How | [Bm] then am I so | [D] different,
From the | [G] first men through this | [Bm] way,
Like | [Bm] them, I left a | [D] settled life,
I | [Em] threw it all a- | [G] way,
To | [Bm] seek a Northwest | [D] Passage,
At the | [G] call of many | [Bm] men,
To | [G] find there, but the | [D] road back [A] home a- | [Bm] gain.
Chorus
Ah, for | [D] just one | [A] time,
I would | [G] take the Northwest | [Bm] Passage
To | [G] find the hand of | [D] Franklin,
Reaching | [Em] for the Beaufort | [G] Sea.
Tracing | [D] one warm | [A] line,
Through a | [G] land so wide and | [Bm] savage, and
| [G] Make a Northwest | [D] Passage, [A] to the | [D] sea.
#These chords are just an interpretation of the harmony that works with the original recording.
#Last Updated 10/14/19 JJ
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Stan Rogers (1981)
Chorus
Ah, for | [D] just one | [A] time,
I would | [G] take the Northwest | [Bm] Passage
To | [G] find the hand of | [D] Franklin,
Reaching | [Em] for the Beaufort | [G] Sea.
Tracing | [D] one warm | [A] line,
Through a | [G] land so wide and | [Bm] savage, and
| [G] Make a Northwest | [D] Passage, [A] to the | [D] sea. | [D]
| [Bm] Westward from the | [D] Davis Strait,
'Tis | [G] there was said to | [Bm] lie,
The | [Bm] sea route to the | [D] Orient,
For | [Em] which so many | [G] died,
| [Bm] Seeking gold and | [D] glory,
Leaving | [G] weathered broken | [Bm] bones, and
A | [G] long forgotten | [D] lonely [A] cairn of | [Bm] stones. | [Bm]
Chorus
Ah, for | [D] just one | [A] time,
I would | [G] take the Northwest | [Bm] Passage
To | [G] find the hand of | [D] Franklin,
Reaching | [Em] for the Beaufort | [G] Sea.
Tracing | [D] one warm | [A] line,
Through a | [G] land so wide and | [Bm] savage, and
| [G] Make a Northwest | [D] Passage, [A] to the | [D] sea. | [D]
Three | [Bm] centuries there - | [D] after,
I take | [G] passage over | [Bm] land,
In the | [Bm] footsteps of brave | [D] Kelso,
Where his | [Em] "sea of flowers" be- | [G] gan.
Watching | [Bm] cities rise be- | [D] fore me,
Then be - | [G] hind me sink a- | [Bm] gain,
This | [G] tardiest ex- | [D] plorer,
Driving | [A] hard, across the | [Bm] plains.
Chorus
Ah, for | [D] just one | [A] time,
I would | [G] take the Northwest | [Bm] Passage
To | [G] find the hand of | [D] Franklin,
Reaching | [Em] for the Beaufort | [G] Sea.
Tracing | [D] one warm | [A] line,
Through a | [G] land so wide and | [Bm] savage, and
| [G] Make a Northwest | [D] Passage, [A] to the | [D] sea. | [D]
And | [Bm] through the night be- | [D] hind the wheel,
The | [G] mileage clicking | [Bm] west,
I | [Bm] think upon Mac- | [D] kenzie,
David | [Em] Thompson, and the | [G] rest,
Who | [Bm] cracked the mountain | [D] ramparts, and
Did | [G] show a path for | [Bm] me,
To | [G] race the roaring | [D] Fraser, [A] to the | [Bm] sea. | [Bm]
Chorus
Ah, for | [D] just one | [A] time,
I would | [G] take the Northwest | [Bm] Passage
To | [G] find the hand of | [D] Franklin,
Reaching | [Em] for the Beaufort | [G] Sea.
Tracing | [D] one warm | [A] line,
Through a | [G] land so wide and | [Bm] savage, and
| [G] Make a Northwest | [D] Passage, [A] to the | [D] sea. | [D]
How | [Bm] then am I so | [D] different,
From the | [G] first men through this | [Bm] way,
Like | [Bm] them, I left a | [D] settled life,
I | [Em] threw it all a- | [G] way,
To | [Bm] seek a Northwest | [D] Passage,
At the | [G] call of many | [Bm] men,
To | [G] find there, but the | [D] road back [A] home a- | [Bm] gain.
Chorus
Ah, for | [D] just one | [A] time,
I would | [G] take the Northwest | [Bm] Passage
To | [G] find the hand of | [D] Franklin,
Reaching | [Em] for the Beaufort | [G] Sea.
Tracing | [D] one warm | [A] line,
Through a | [G] land so wide and | [Bm] savage, and
| [G] Make a Northwest | [D] Passage, [A] to the | [D] sea.
#These chords are just an interpretation of the harmony that works with the original recording.
#Last Updated 10/14/19 JJ
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