{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1906999,"song":"Northwest Passage","artist":"Stan Rogers","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11428231-northwest-passage-chords-by-stan-rogers/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1906999?type=chord","rating":4.70826,"votes":182,"content":"[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAh, for just one time,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI would take the Northwest Passage[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo find the hand of Franklin,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nReaching for the Beaufort Sea.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTracing one warm line,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThrough a land so wide and savage, and[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]      \r\nMake a Northwest Passage, to the sea.    [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWestward from the Davis Strait,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n'Tis  there was said to  lie,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe  sea route to the  Orient,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor  which so many  died,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSeeking gold and  glory,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLeaving  weathered broken  bones, and[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]       \r\nA  long forgotten  lonely cairn of  stones. [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAh, for just one time,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI would take the Northwest Passage[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo find the hand of Franklin,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nReaching for the Beaufort Sea.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTracing one warm line,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThrough a land so wide and savage, and[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]      \r\nMake a Northwest Passage, to the sea.    [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThree centuries there - after,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI take passage over land,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the footsteps of brave Kelso,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhere his \"sea of flowers\" be-gan.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWatching cities rise before me,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThen be - hind me sink a -gain,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThis tardiest ex - plorer,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDriving  hard, a - cross the plains. [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAh, for just one time,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI would take the Northwest Passage[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo find the hand of Franklin,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nReaching for the Beaufort Sea.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTracing one warm line,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThrough a land so wide and savage, and[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]      \r\nMake a Northwest Passage, to the sea.    [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd through the night be - hind the wheel,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe / mileage clicking west,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI think upon Mac - kenzie,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDavid Thompson, and the rest,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWho cracked the mountain ramparts, and[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDid show a path for me,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]     \r\nTo race the roaring / Fraser, to the sea.  [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAh, for just one time,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI would take the Northwest Passage[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo find the hand of Franklin,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nReaching for the Beaufort Sea.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTracing one warm line,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThrough a land so wide and savage, and[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]      \r\nMake a Northwest Passage, to the sea.    [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHow then am I so different,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFrom the first men through this way,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLike them, I left a settled life,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI threw it all a - way,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo seek a Northwest Passage,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAt the call of many men,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]     \r\nTo find there, but the road back home a - gain. [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAh, for just one time,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI would take the Northwest Passage[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo find the hand of Franklin,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nReaching for the Beaufort Sea.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTracing one warm line,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThrough a land so wide and savage, and[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]      \r\nMake a Northwest Passage, to the sea.    [/tab]","plain_text":"[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","D","C","Em","Am","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}