Northwest Passage Stan Rogers
Northwest Passage 2/4 Stan Rogers
from the album "Northwest Passage" 1981 Fogarty's Cove Music Inc.
Standard Tuning Two Strums per chord submitted by Ken Lee
kandvlee@shaw.ca
Chorus:
Ah, for / ju[/]st[D] one / time,[/] [A]
I would / tak[/]e [G]the Northwest / Passage[/] [Bm]
To / [/]fin[G]d the hand of / Franklin,[/] [D]
Reaching / for th[/]e [Em]Beaufort / Sea.[/] [G]
Tracing / one [/]wa[D]rm / line,[/] [A]
Through a / land s[/]o [G]wide and / savage, and[/] [Bm]
[G]Make a Northwest / Passage, to[/] t[D]he / se[-]a[A] [/] [D]
[D]Westward from the / Davis Strai[/]t,[A]
'Tis / [/]th[G]ere was / said to / lie,[/] [Bm]
The / se[/]a [G]route to the / Orient,[/] [D]
For / w[/]hi[G]ch so many / died,[/] [Em]
[D]Seeking gold and / glory,[/] [A]
Leaving / weath[/]ere[G]d broken / bones, and[/] [Bm]
A / [/]lo[G]ng forgotten / lonely [/]ca[D]irn [-]of / [A]stones[/] [D]
Chorus:
Three / cen[/]tu[D]ries there - / after,[/] [A]
I take / p[/]as[G]sage over / land,[/] [Bm]
In the / f[/]oo[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 / t[/]ar[G]diest ex - / plorer[/] dr[D]iving / hard,
[A]A - cross the / plain[/]s[D]
Chorus:
And / th[/]rou[D]gh the night be - / hind the wheel[/],[A]
The / mi[/]le[G]age clicking / west,[/] [Bm]
I [/]/ [G]think upon Mac - / kenzie,[/] [D]
David / Thom[/]ps[Em]on, and the / rest,[/] [G]
Who / cra[/]ck[D]ed the mountain / ramparts, and[/] [A]
Did / s[/]ho[G]w a path for / me,[/] [Bm]
To / r[/]ac[G]e the roaring / Fraser, to[/] t[D]he / [-]sea..[A] [/] [D]
Chorus:
How / the[/]n [D]am I so / different[/],[A]
From the / first [/]me[G]n through this / way,[/] [Bm]
Like / t[/]he[G]m, I left a / settle[/]d [D]life,
I [/]/ [Em]threw it all a - / [/]wa[G]y,
To / s[/]ee[D]k a Northwest / Passage,[/] [A]
At the / ca[/]ll[G] of many / men,[/] [Bm]
To / f[/]in[G]d there, but the / road back[/] h[D]ome a -[-] /[A] [/]
[D]gain.
Chorus:
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