Northwest Passage

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

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

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

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