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[Verse 1]
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.
[Chorus]
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.
[Verse 2]
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.
[Chorus]
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.
[Verse 3]
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.
[Chorus]
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.
[Interlude]
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[Verse 4]
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.
[Chorus]
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.
