The Northwest Passage

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