{t:Northwest Passage}
{st:Stan Rogers}
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Ah for [D]just one [A]time, I would [G]take the Northwest [Bm]Passage,
To [G]find the hand of [D]Franklin reaching [Em]for the Beaufort [G]sea.
Tracing [D]one warm [A]line, through a [G]land so wide and [Bm]savage,
and [G]make a Northwest [D]Passage to the [A]sea. [D]
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[D]Westward from the [A]Davis Strait, 'Tis [G]there was said to [Bm]lie,
The [G]sea route to the [D]Orient for [G]which so many [Em]died,
[D]Seeking gold and [A]glory, leaving [G]weathered broken [Bm]bones,
and a [G]long forgotten [D]lonely cairn of [A]stones. [D]
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Ah for [D]just one [A]time, I would [G]take the Northwest [Bm]Passage,
To [G]find the hand of [D]Franklin reaching [Em]for the Beaufort [G]sea.
Tracing [D]one warm [A]line, through a [G]land so wide and [Bm]savage,
and [G]make a Northwest [D]Passage to the [A]sea. [D]
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Three [D]centuries there [A]after, I take [G]passage over [Bm]land,
In the [G]footsteps of brave [D]Kelso,
here his [Em]"sea of flowers‚" be[G]gan.
Watching [D]cities rise be[A]fore me, then be[G]hind me sink a[Bm]gain,
this [G]tardiest ex[D]plorer driving [A]hard across the [D]plains.
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Ah for [D]just one [A]time, I would [G]take the Northwest [Bm]Passage,
To [G]find the hand of [D]Franklin reaching [Em]for the Beaufort [G]sea.
Tracing [D]one warm [A]line, through a [G]land so wide and [Bm]savage,
and [G]make a Northwest [D]Passage to the [A]sea. [D]
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And [D]through the night be[A]hind the wheel, the [G]mileage clicking
[Bm]West, I [G]think upon [D]Mackenzie, David [Em]Thompson and
the [G]rest, Who [D]cracked the mountain [A]ramparts, and did
[G]show a path for [Bm]me, to [G]race the roaring [D]Fraser
to the [A]sea. [D]
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Ah for [D]just one [A]time, I would [G]take the Northwest [Bm]Passage,
To [G]find the hand of [D]Franklin reaching [Em]for the Beaufort [G]sea.
Tracing [D]one warm [A]line, through a [G]land so wide and [Bm]savage,
and [G]make a Northwest [D]Passage to the [A]sea. [D]
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How [D]then am I so [A]different from the [G]first men through this way,
Like [G]them I left a settled [D]life, I [Em]threw it all a[G]way,
To [D]seek a Northwest [A]Passage, at the [G]call of many [Bm]men,
To [G]find there but the [D]road back home a[A]gain. [D]
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Ah for [D]just one [A]time, I would [G]take the Northwest [Bm]Passage,
To [G]find the hand of [D]Franklin reaching [Em]for the Beaufort [G]sea.
Tracing [D]one warm [A]line, through a [G]land so wide and [Bm]savage,
and [G]make a Northwest [D]Passage to the [A]sea. [D]
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{t:Northwest Passage}
