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