Southern Cross    (video)    (midi)

 

    G - F - F - C    - G - F - C - G

 

                     G                F                               C

1. Got out of town on a boat goin' to southern islands.

                    G           F                       C     - G

    sailing a reach before a following sea.

                      G                    F                   C

    She was making for the trades on the outside,

                   G               - F                C   - G

    and the downhill run      to Papeete.

 

                  G                   F                          C

2. Off the wind on this heading lie the Marquesas.

                 G                    F            C         F          G

    we got eighty feet of waterline nicely making way.

             G               F                          C

    In a noisy bar in Avalon, I tried to call you,

                    G                         F                   C            F       G

    but on a midnight watch I realized why twice you ran away.

 

                    - F                             C              F          G

Think about,      think about how many times I have fallen,

F                   C              F                    G

    spirits are using me, larger voices callin'.

F                                       C                 F                   G

    What heaven brought you and me cannot be forgotten.

                        F              G       F                                 G

I have been around the world, lookin' for that woman-girl,

            F                         G

who knows love can endure.

 - - - - - - - - - - - -  G  - F - F - C

And you know it will.                    + G  - F - C - G

 

                       G                            F                C

3. When you see the Southern Cross for the first time,

            G                         F                            C     - G

    you understand now why you came this way.

                        G                          F                     C

    'Cause the truth you might be runnin' from is so small,

                     G                F                   C                F         G

    but it's as big as the promise, the promise of a comin' day.

 

                 G                  F                                      C

4. So I'm sailing for tomorrow, my dreams are a-dying,

                 G              F                             C             Am        G

    and my love is an anchor tied to you, tied with a silver chain.

                        F           C                           G

    I have my ship, and all her flags are a-flying.

               G                    F             C     Am      G

    she is all that I have left, and music is her name.

 

                    - F                             C               F          G

Think about,      think about how many times I have fallen,

F                   C              F                    G

    spirits are using me, larger voices callin'.

F                                       C                 F                   G

    What heaven brought you and me cannot be forgotten.

                        F              G       F                                  G

I have been around the world, lookin' for that woman-girl,

            F                         G

who knows love can endure.

 - - - - - - - - - - - -  G  - F - F - C                             G  - F - C - G

And you know it will.                  And you know it will.

 

+  G - F - F - C    - G - F - C - G (2x)

 

                   G                     F                C

5. So we cheated and we lied and we tested,

                  G                    F                     C           F        G

    and we never failed to fail, it was the easiest thing to do.

G                     F               C

    You will survive being bested,

                       G           F                                 C                Am       G

     somebody fine will come along make me forget about loving you.

                                 G      - F - F - C

    In the Southern Cross.

 

+  G - F - F - C

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)    (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young)