Northwest Passage Stan Rogers
Ah, for / just[D] one / time, [A]
I would / take [G]the Northwest / Passage [Bm]
To / fin[G]d the hand of / Franklin, [D]
Reaching / for the [Em]Beaufort / Sea. [G]
Tracing / one wa[D]rm / line, [A]
Through a / land so [G]wide and / savage, and [Bm]
[G]Make a Northwest / Passage, to t[D]he / se[-]a [A] [D]
[D]Westward from the / Davis Strait,[A]
'Tis / th[G]ere was / said to / lie, [Bm]
The / sea [G]route to the / Orient, [D]
For / whi[G]ch so many / died, [Em]
[D]Seeking gold and / glory, [A]
Leaving / weathere[G]d broken / bones, and [Bm]
A / lo[G]ng forgotten / lonely ca[D]irn [-]of / [A]stones [D]
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Three / centu[D]ries there - / after, [A]
I take / pas[G]sage over / land, [Bm]
In the / foo[G]tsteps of brave / Kelso, [D]
Here his / "sea of[Em] flowers" be - / gan. [G]
Watching / cities ri[D]se be - / fore me, [A]
Then be - / hind me[G] sink a - / gain, [Bm]
This / tar[G]diest ex - / plorer dr[D]iving / hard,
[A]A - cross the / plains [D]
Chorus:
And / throu[D]gh the night be - / hind the wheel, [A]
The / mile[G]age clicking / west, [Bm]
I / [G]think upon Mac - / kenzie, [D]
David / Thomps[Em]on, and the / rest, [G]
Who / crack[D]ed the mountain / ramparts, and [A]
Did / sho[G]w a path for / me, [Bm]
To / rac[G]e the roaring / Fraser, to t[D]he / [-]sea..[A] [D]
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How / then [D]am I so / different, [A]
From the / first me[G]n through this / way, [Bm]
Like / the[G]m, I left a / settled [D]life,
I / [Em]threw it all a - / wa[G]y,
To / see[D]k a Northwest / Passage, [A]
At the / call[G] of many / men, [Bm]
To / fin[G]d there, but the / road back h[D]ome a -[-] / [A]
[D]gain.
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