[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 / 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 1]
D / A
Westward from the / Davis Strait,
/ G / Bm
'Tis / there was said to / lie,
/ G / D
The / sea route to the / Orient,
/ G / Em
For / which so many / died,
D / A
Seeking gold and / glory,
/ G / Bm
Leaving / weathered broken / bones, and
/ G / D - A / D / /
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 / 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]
/ D / A
Three / centuries there - / after,
/ G / Bm
I take / passage over / land,
/ G / D
In the / footsteps of brave / Kelso,
/ Em / G
Where his / "sea of flowers" be - / gan.
/ D / A
Watching / cities rise be - / fore me,
/ G / Bm
Then be - / hind me sink a - / gain,
/ G / D
This / tardiest ex - / plorer,
/ D - A / D
Driving / hard, a - cross 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 / 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]
/ D / A
And / through the night be - / hind the wheel,
/ G / Bm
The / mileage clicking / west,
/ G / D
I / think upon Mac - / kenzie,
/ Em / G
David / Thompson, and the / rest,
/ D / A
Who / cracked the mountain / ramparts, and
/ G / Bm
Did / show a path for / me,
/ G / D - A / D / /
To / race the roaring / Fraser, to the / sea. / /
[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 / 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 4]
/ D / A
How / then am I so / different,
/ G / Bm
From the / first men through this / way,
/ G / D
Like / them, I left a / settled life,
/ Em / G
I / threw it all a - / way,
/ D / A
To / seek a Northwest / Passage,
/ G / Bm
At the / call of many / men,
/ G / D - A / D / /
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 / 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. / /
