[ Предположительная тональность: G ] [Chorus] G D Ah, for just one time, C Em I would take the Northwest Passage C G To find the hand of Franklin, Am C Reaching for the Beaufort Sea. G D Tracing one warm line, C Em Through a land so wide and savage, and C G D G Make a Northwest Passage, to the sea. [Verse 1] C G Westward from the Davis Strait, D Em 'Tis there was said to lie, C G The sea route to the Orient, Am C For which so many died, C G Seeking gold and glory, D Em Leaving weathered broken bones, and C G D Em A long forgotten lonely cairn of stones. [Chorus] G D Ah, for just one time, C Em I would take the Northwest Passage C G To find the hand of Franklin, Am C Reaching for the Beaufort Sea. G D Tracing one warm line, C Em Through a land so wide and savage, and C G D G Make a Northwest Passage, to the sea. [Verse 2] C G Three centuries there - after, D Em I take passage over land, C G In the footsteps of brave Kelso, Am C Where his "sea of flowers" be-gan. C G Watching cities rise before me, D Em Then be - hind me sink a -gain, C G This tardiest ex - plorer, D Em Driving hard, a - cross the plains. [Chorus] G D Ah, for just one time, C Em I would take the Northwest Passage C G To find the hand of Franklin, Am C Reaching for the Beaufort Sea. G D Tracing one warm line, C Em Through a land so wide and savage, and C G D G Make a Northwest Passage, to the sea. [Verse 3] C G And through the night be - hind the wheel, D Em The / mileage clicking west, C G I think upon Mac - kenzie, Am C David Thompson, and the rest, C G Who cracked the mountain ramparts, and D Em Did show a path for me, C G D G To race the roaring / Fraser, to the sea. [Chorus] G D Ah, for just one time, C Em I would take the Northwest Passage C G To find the hand of Franklin, Am C Reaching for the Beaufort Sea. G D Tracing one warm line, C Em Through a land so wide and savage, and C G D G Make a Northwest Passage, to the sea. [Verse 4] C G How then am I so different, D Em From the first men through this way, C G Like them, I left a settled life, Am C I threw it all a - way, C G To seek a Northwest Passage, D Em At the call of many men, C G D Em To find there, but the road back home a - gain. [Chorus] G D Ah, for just one time, C Em I would take the Northwest Passage C G To find the hand of Franklin, Am C Reaching for the Beaufort Sea. G D Tracing one warm line, C Em Through a land so wide and savage, and C G D G Make a Northwest Passage, to the sea.
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