Northwest Passage

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