Northwest Passage chords

[INTRO]
[D] [Dmaj7] [D] [Dmaj7]

[VERSE 1]
[G]Westward from the [D]Davis Strait, 'twas there was said to [A]lie
A [G]sea route to the [D]orient for which so [A]many [Bm]died
[G]Seeking gold and [D]glory, leaving weathered [A]broken [Bm]bones
And a [G]long forgotten [D]lonely [A]cairn of [Bm]stones

[CHORUS]
[A]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 [F#m]Beaufort [G]sea
[A]Tracing [D]one warm [A]line through a [G]land so white and [Bm]savage
And [G]make a Northwest [D]Passage [A]to the [D]sea

[VERSE 2]
Three [G]centuries there[D]after, I take passage over [A]land
In the [G]footsteps of brave [D]Kenso where his brave [A]sea of flowers be[Bm]gan
[G]Watching cities rise be[D]fore me, then be[A]hind me sink a[Bm]gain
This [G]tardiest ex[D]plorer driving [Em]hard a[F#m]cross the [G]plain

[CHORUS]
[A]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 [F#m]Beaufort [G]sea
[A]Tracing [D]one warm [A]line through a [G]land so white and [Bm]savage
And [G]make a Northwest [D]Passage [A]to the [D]sea

[VERSE 3]
And [G]through the night be[D]hind the wheel the mileage clicking [A]west
I [G]think upon Mac[D]kenzie, David [A]Thompson and the [Bm]rest
Who [G]cracked the mountain ram[D]parts, and did [A]show a path for [Bm]me
To [G]race the [D]roaring [Em]Frasier [F#m]to the [G]sea

[CHORUS]
[A]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 [F#m]Beaufort [G]sea
[A]Tracing [D]one warm [A]line through a [G]land so white and [Bm]savage
And [G]make a Northwest [D]Passage [A]to the [D]sea

[VERSE 4]
How [G]then am I so [D]different from the first men through this [A]way?
[G]Like them, I left a [D]settled life, I [A]threw it all a[Bm]way
To [G]seek a Northwest [D]Passage at the [A]call of many [Bm]men
To [G]find there [D]but the [Em]road back [F#m]home a[G]gain

[CHORUS]
[A]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 [F#m]Beaufort [G]sea
[A]Tracing [D]one warm [A]line through a [G]land so white and [Bm]savage
And [G]make a Northwest [D]Passage [A]to the [D]sea

[CHORUS]
[A]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 [F#m]Beaufort [G]sea
[A]Tracing [D]one warm [A]line through a [G]land so white and [Bm]savage
And [G]make a Northwest [D]Passage [A]to the [D]sea

[OUTRO]
And [G]make a Northwest [D]Passage [A]to the [Bm]sea
And [G]make a Northwest [D]Passage [A]to the [D]sea