E B
Ah, for just one time
C#m A
I would take the Northwest Passage
C#m A
To find the hand of Franklin
F#m E
Reaching for the Beaufort Sea
E B
Tracing one warm line
C#m A
Through a land so wild and savage
C#m A B E
And make a Northwest Passage to the sea
[Verse 1]
C#m A
Westward from the Davis Strait
B B
'Tis there 'twas said to lie
C#m A
The sea route to the Orient
B C#m
For which so many died
C#m A
Seeking gold and glory
B C#m
Leaving weathered, broken bones
A B C#m
And a long-forgotten lonely cairn of stones
[Chorus]
C#m B E B
Ah, for just one time
C#m A
I would take the Northwest Passage
C#m A
To find the hand of Franklin
F#m E
Reaching for the Beaufort Sea
E B
Tracing one warm line
C#m A
Through a land so wild and savage
C#m A B E
And make a Northwest Passage to the sea
[Verse 2]
C#m A
Three centuries thereafter
B B
I take passage overland
C#m A
In the footsteps of brave Kelso
B C#m
Where his "sea of flowers" began
C#m A
Watching cities rise before me
B C#m
Then behind me sink again
A B
This tardiest explorer
C#m C#m
Driving hard across the plain
[Chorus]
C#m B E B
Ah, for just one time
C#m A
I would take the Northwest Passage
C#m A
To find the hand of Franklin
F#m E
Reaching for the Beaufort Sea
E B
Tracing one warm line
C#m A
Through a land so wild and savage
C#m A B E
And make a Northwest Passage to the sea
[Verse 3]
C#m A
And through the night, behind the wheel
B B
The mileage clicking west
C#m A
I think upon Mackenzie
B C#m
David Thompson and the rest
C#m A
Who cracked the mountain ramparts
B C#m
And did show a path for me
A B C#m
To race the roaring Fraser to the sea
[Chorus]
C#m B E B
Ah, for just one time
C#m A
I would take the Northwest Passage
C#m A
To find the hand of Franklin
F#m E
Reaching for the Beaufort Sea
E B
Tracing one warm line
C#m A
Through a land so wild and savage
C#m A B E
And make a Northwest Passage to the sea
[Verse 4]
C#m A
How then am I so different
B B
From the first men through this way?
C#m A
Like them, I left a settled life
B C#m
I threw it all away
C#m A
To seek a Northwest Passage
B C#m
At the call of many men
A B C#m
To find there but the road back home again
[Chorus]
C#m B E B
Ah, for just one time
C#m A
I would take the Northwest Passage
C#m A
To find the hand of Franklin
F#m E
Reaching for the Beaufort Sea
E B
Tracing one warm line
C#m A
Through a land so wild and savage
C#m A B E
And make a Northwest Passage to the sea
[Outro]
E B
Ah, for just one time
C#m A
I would take the Northwest Passage
C#m A
To find the hand of Franklin
F#m E
Reaching for the Beaufort Sea
E B
Tracing one warm line
C#m A
Through a land so wild and savage
C#m A B E
And make a Northwest Passage to the sea
