Northwest Passage 2/4 Stan Rogers
from the album "Northwest Passage" 1981 Fogarty's Cove Music Inc.
Standard Tuning Two Strums per chord submitted by Ken Lee
kandvlee@shaw.ca
Chorus:
/ D (xx0232@1) / AAh, (x02220@1)for / just one / time,
/ G (320003@1) / BmI (x24432@1)would / take the Northwest / Passage
/ G (320003@1) / DTo (xx0232@1)/ find the hand of / Franklin,
/ Em (022000@1) / GReaching (320003@1)/ for the Beaufort / Sea.
/ D (xx0232@1) / ATracing (x02220@1)/ one warm / line,
/ G (320003@1) / BmThrough (x24432@1)a / land so wide and / savage, and
G (320003@1) / D (xx0232@1) - A (x02220@1) / D (xx0232@1) / /
Make a Northwest / Passage, to the / sea. / /
D (xx0232@1) / AWestward (x02220@1)from the / Davis Strait,
/ G (320003@1) / Bm'Tis (x24432@1)/ there was said to / lie,
/ G (320003@1) / DThe (xx0232@1)/ sea route to the / Orient,
/ G (320003@1) / EmFor (022000@1)/ which so many / died,
D (xx0232@1) / ASeeking (x02220@1)gold and / glory,
/ G (320003@1) / BmLeaving (x24432@1)/ weathered broken / bones, and
/ G (320003@1) / D (xx0232@1)- A (x02220@1) / D (xx0232@1) / /
A / long forgotten / lonely cairn of / stones. / /
Chorus:
/ D (xx0232@1) / AThree (x02220@1)/ centuries there - / after,
/ G (320003@1) / BmI (x24432@1)take / passage over / land,
/ G (320003@1) / DIn (xx0232@1)the / footsteps of brave / Kelso,
/ Em (022000@1) / GWhere (320003@1)his / "sea of flowers" be - / gan.
/ D (xx0232@1) / AWatching (x02220@1)/ cities rise be - / fore me,
/ G (320003@1) / BmThen (x24432@1)be - / hind me sink a - / gain,
/ G (320003@1) / DThis (xx0232@1)/ tardiest ex - / plorer,
/ D (xx0232@1) - A (x02220@1) / DDriving (xx0232@1)/ hard, a - cross the / plains. / /
Chorus:
/ D (xx0232@1) / AAnd (x02220@1)/ through the night be - / hind the wheel,
/ G (320003@1) / BmThe (x24432@1)/ mileage clicking / west,
/ G (320003@1) / DI (xx0232@1)/ think upon Mac - / kenzie,
/ Em (022000@1) / GDavid (320003@1)/ Thompson, and the / rest,
/ D (xx0232@1) / AWho (x02220@1)/ cracked the mountain / ramparts, and
/ G (320003@1) / BmDid (x24432@1)/ show a path for / me,
/ G (320003@1) / D (xx0232@1) - A (x02220@1) / D (xx0232@1) / /
To / race the roaring / Fraser, to the / sea. / /
Chorus:
/ D (xx0232@1) / AHow (x02220@1)/ then am I so / different,
/ G (320003@1) / BmFrom (x24432@1)the / first men through this / way,
/ G (320003@1) / DLike (xx0232@1)/ them, I left a / settled life,
/ Em (022000@1) / GI (320003@1)/ threw it all a - / way,
/ D (xx0232@1) / ATo (x02220@1)/ seek a Northwest / Passage,
/ G (320003@1) / BmAt (x24432@1)the / call of many / men,
/ G (320003@1) / D (xx0232@1) - A (x02220@1) / D (xx0232@1) / /
To / find there, but the / road back home a - / gain. / /
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