[Chorus]
G D
Ah, for just one time,
C Em
I would take the Northwest Passage
C G
To find the hand of Franklin,
Am C
Reaching for the Beaufort Sea.
G D
Tracing one warm line,
C Em
Through a land so wide and savage, and
C G D G
Make a Northwest Passage, to the sea.
[Verse 1]
C G
Westward from the Davis Strait,
D Em
'Tis there was said to lie,
C G
The sea route to the Orient,
Am C
For which so many died,
C G
Seeking gold and glory,
D Em
Leaving weathered broken bones, and
C G D Em
A long forgotten lonely cairn of stones.
[Chorus]
G D
Ah, for just one time,
C Em
I would take the Northwest Passage
C G
To find the hand of Franklin,
Am C
Reaching for the Beaufort Sea.
G D
Tracing one warm line,
C Em
Through a land so wide and savage, and
C G D G
Make a Northwest Passage, to the sea.
[Verse 2]
C G
Three centuries there - after,
D Em
I take passage over land,
C G
In the footsteps of brave Kelso,
Am C
Where his "sea of flowers" be-gan.
C G
Watching cities rise before me,
D Em
Then be - hind me sink a -gain,
C G
This tardiest ex - plorer,
D Em
Driving hard, a - cross the plains.
[Chorus]
G D
Ah, for just one time,
C Em
I would take the Northwest Passage
C G
To find the hand of Franklin,
Am C
Reaching for the Beaufort Sea.
G D
Tracing one warm line,
C Em
Through a land so wide and savage, and
C G D G
Make a Northwest Passage, to the sea.
[Verse 3]
C G
And through the night be - hind the wheel,
D Em
The / mileage clicking west,
C G
I think upon Mac - kenzie,
Am C
David Thompson, and the rest,
C G
Who cracked the mountain ramparts, and
D Em
Did show a path for me,
C G D G
To race the roaring / Fraser, to the sea.
[Chorus]
G D
Ah, for just one time,
C Em
I would take the Northwest Passage
C G
To find the hand of Franklin,
Am C
Reaching for the Beaufort Sea.
G D
Tracing one warm line,
C Em
Through a land so wide and savage, and
C G D G
Make a Northwest Passage, to the sea.
[Verse 4]
C G
How then am I so different,
D Em
From the first men through this way,
C G
Like them, I left a settled life,
Am C
I threw it all a - way,
C G
To seek a Northwest Passage,
D Em
At the call of many men,
C G D Em
To find there, but the road back home a - gain.
[Chorus]
G D
Ah, for just one time,
C Em
I would take the Northwest Passage
C G
To find the hand of Franklin,
Am C
Reaching for the Beaufort Sea.
G D
Tracing one warm line,
C Em
Through a land so wide and savage, and
C G D G
Make a Northwest Passage, to the sea.
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