Southern Cross piano leadsheet with chords

Got out of town

on a boat gon' to southern islands.

Sailing a reach

before a following sea.

She was making for the trades on the outside,

and the downhill run

to Papeete.

Off the sailing on this heading,

lie the Marquesas.

We got eighty feet of waterline,

nicely makin' way.

In a noisy bar in Avalon,

I tried to call you,

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

Think about how many times I have fallen.

Spirits are usin' me;

larger voices callin'.

What heaven brought you and me cannot be forgotten.

I have been around

the world,

lookin' for that womangirl

who knows love can endure.

And you know it will.

When you see the Southern

Cross for the first time,

you understand now why you came this easiest thing to do.

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

but it's as big as the come along,

make me for promise of a comin' day.

So I'm sailing for tomorrow.

My are adying.

And my love is anchor tied to you,

tied with a ver chain.

In I have my ship, and all a her flags are aflying.

She is the all that I have left,

alized and music is her name.

Think about how many times I have fallen.

Spirits are usin' me;

larger voices callin'.

What heaven brought you and me cannot be forgotten.

I have been around

the world,

lookin' for that womangirl

who knows love can endure.

And you know it will.

So we cheated and we lied and we tested.

And we never to fail;

it was the easiest thing to do.

'Cause the truth You will survive nin' being bested.

Somebody fine as will come along,

make me forget about a loving you

So I'm in the Southern

Cross.