The Northwest Passage

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