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[Verse 1]
G                 D
Westward from the Davis Strait,
A                      Bm
'Tis there was said to lie,
G                    D
The sea route to the Orient,
    A             D
For which so many died,
G                D
Seeking gold and glory,
        A                Bm
Leaving weathered broken bones, and
  G              D      A        G
A long forgotten lonely cairn of stones.

[Chorus]
        D        A
Ah, for just one time,
        G                  Bm
I would take the Northwest Passage
   G                D
To find the hand of Franklin,
         Em      F#m      G
Reaching for the Beaufort Sea.
        D        A
Tracing one warm line,
          G                Bm
Through a land so wide and savage, and
G                D        A      D
Make a Northwest Passage, to the sea.

[Verse 2]
      G                 D
Three centuries there - after,
       A            Bm
I take passage over land,
       G                  D
In the footsteps of brave Kelso,
           A                    D
Where his "sea of flowers" be - gan.
         G                D
Watching cities rise be - fore me,
          A                Bm
Then be - hind me sink a - gain,
     G             D
This tardiest ex - plorer,
        A                G
Driving hard, across the plains.

[Chorus]
        D        A
Ah, for just one time,
        G                  Bm
I would take the Northwest Passage
   G                D
To find the hand of Franklin,
         Em      F#m      G
Reaching for the Beaufort Sea.
        D        A
Tracing one warm line,
          G                Bm
Through a land so wide and savage, and
G                D        A      D
Make a Northwest Passage, to the sea.

[Verse 3]
    G                      D
And through the night be - hind the wheel,
    A                Bm
The mileage clicking west,
  G                D
I think upon Mac - kenzie,
      A                 D
David Thompson, and the rest,
    G                    D
Who cracked the mountain ramparts, and
    A               Bm
Did show a path for me,
   G                D       A      G   
To race the roaring Fraser, to the sea.

[Chorus]
D   A   D        A
Ah, for just one time,
        G                  Bm
I would take the Northwest Passage
   G                D
To find the hand of Franklin,
         Em      F#m      G
Reaching for the Beaufort Sea.
        D        A
Tracing one warm line,
          G                Bm
Through a land so wide and savage, and
G                D        A      D
Make a Northwest Passage, to the sea.

[Interlude]
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|D     |A     |G     |Bm 
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[Verse 4]
    G            D
How then am I so different from
    A                      Bm
The first men through this way,
     G              D
Like them, I left a settled life,
  A                D
I threw it all a - way,
   G                D
To seek a Northwest Passage,
       A            Bm
At the call of many men, and
   G                   D         A        G
To find there, but the road back home a - gain.

[Chorus]
        D        A
Ah, for just one time,
        G                  Bm
I would take the Northwest Passage
   G                D
To find the hand of Franklin,
         Em      F#m      G
Reaching for the Beaufort Sea.
        D        A
Tracing one warm line,
          G                Bm
Through a land so wide and savage, and
G                D        A      D
Make a Northwest Passage, to the sea.

        D        A
Ah, for just one time,
        G                  Bm
I would take the Northwest Passage
   G                D
To find the hand of Franklin,
         Em      F#m      G
Reaching for the Beaufort Sea.
        D        A
Tracing one warm line,
          G                Bm
Through a land so wide and savage, and
G                D        A      G
Make a Northwest Passage, to the sea, and 
G                D        A      Bm
Make a Northwest Passage, to the sea, and 
G                D        A      D
Make a Northwest Passage, to the sea.