CHORDS: Judy Collins & Jonas Fjeld – Northwest Passage Chords on Piano & Ukulele

These are the chords for Northwest Passage by Judy Collins & Jonas Fjeld on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

INTRO:
G  D  C  Em  C  G D G  G  G  G

VERSE:
 C                 G            
Westward from the Davis Strait, 
      G                   D
\'tis there \'twas said to lie
     C                G     
The sea route to the Orient 
     G        D    Em
for which so many died
 C                G     
Seeking gold and glory, 
         G          D      Em
leaving weathered, broken bones
       C             
And a long-forgotten 
 G      D        Em   Em D
lonely cairn of stones

CHORUS:
D        G        D           
Ah, for just one time I would 
 C                  Em
take the Northwest Passage
    C                G       
To find the hand of Franklin 
         Am       G        C
reaching for the Beaufort Sea
 D       G        D           
Tracing one warm line through 
   C                Em
a land so wild and savage
     C               
And make a northwest 
 G      D       G G G G
passage to the sea

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VERSE:
       C              G     
Three centuries thereafter, 
        G       Em  D
I take passage overland
        C                  G     
In the footsteps of brave Kelso, 
           G      D       Em
where his sea of flowers began
          C             G       
Watching cities rise before me, 
        G       D     Em
then behind me sink again
      C           G     
This tardiest explorer, 
 D       Em              D
driving hard across the plain

CHORUS:
D        G        D           
Ah, for just one time I would 
 C                  Em
take the Northwest Passage
    C                G       
To find the hand of Franklin 
         Am       G        C
reaching for the Beaufort Sea
 D       G        D           
Tracing one warm line through 
   C                Em
a land so wild and savage
     C               
And make a northwest 
 G      D       C  G
passage to the sea

INSTRUMENTAL/SOLO:
C  G  G Em D
C  G  G D Em
C  G  G D Em
C  G D Em Em Em Em7

VERSE:
 C                    G              
Through the night, behind the wheel, 
     G       Em       D
the mileage clicking west
   C             G      
I think upon Mackenzie, 
       G        D      Em7
David Thompson and the rest
     C                    G       
Who cracked the mountain ramparts 
     G       D       Em
and layed a path for me
    C                G     
To race the roaring Fraser 
D      Em Em D
to the sea

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CHORUS:
D        G        D           
Ah, for just one time I would 
 C                  Em
take the Northwest Passage
    C                G       
To find the hand of Franklin 
         Am       G        C
reaching for the Beaufort Sea
 D       G        D           
Tracing one warm line through 
   C                Em
a land so wild and savage
     C                G      D  
And make a northwest passage to 
     G  G G G
the sea

VERSE:
Em     C            G             
  How then am I so different from 
       G         Em           D
  the first men through this way?
      C              G            
Like them, I left a settled life, 
   G        D   Em
I threw it all away
    C                G      
To seek a northwest passage 
        G       D   Em
at the call of many men
    C                 
To find there but the 
 G         D     Em Em D
road back home again

CHORUS:
D        G        D           
Ah, for just one time I would 
 C                  Em
take the Northwest Passage
    C                G       
To find the hand of Franklin 
         Am       G        C
reaching for the Beaufort Sea
 D       G        D           
Tracing one warm line through 
   C                Em
a land so wild and savage
     C               
And make a northwest 
 G      D      Em  Em
passage to the sea
     C               
And make a northwest 
 G      D       G
passage to the sea