Northwest Passage chords by Judy Collins & Jonas Fjeld

On the 3rd of the January 2022, the track was released.

Northwest passage

Track Info

Chords Info

  • Tuning: Standard(E A D G B E)
  • Key: Bb
  • Capo: 3rd fret
  • Chords: G, D, C, Em, Am, Em7
  • BPM: 135
  • Suggested Strumming:
  • D= Down Stroke, U = Upstroke, N.C= No Chord
Guitar ChordsUkulele Chords
 G – 32003
D – xx0232
C – x32010
Em – 022000
Am – x02210
Em7 – 020000
 G – 0232
D – 2220
C – 0003
Em – 0402
Am – 2000
Em7 – 0202
[Intro]
G D C Em C
G D G G G G
[Verse]
C Westward from the
G G
Davis Strait, 'tis there '
D
Twas said to lie
C The sea route to
G
the Orient for
G D Em
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
C
I would take
Em
The Northwest Passage
C To Find the hand
G
of Franklin reaching
Am G C
For the Beaufort Sea
D G D Tracing one warm line
C
Through a land
Em
So wild and savage
C And make a northwest
G D G G G G
passage to the sea
[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 C Ah, for just one time I would take

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