Southern Cross

Got out of town

on a boat gon' to southern islands.

Sailing a (A)reach

(G)before a following (D)sea.

She was making for the trades on the outside,

and the (A)downhill run

(G)to (D)Papeete.

Off the (A)sailing on this (G)heading,

lie the (D)Marquesas.

We got (A)eighty feet of (G)waterline,

(D)nicely (Asus)makin' (A)way.

In a noisy bar in (G)Avalon,

I tried to (D)call you,

but on the (A)midnight watch I (G)realized why (D)twice you (Bm)ran away.

(G)Think about how (D)many times (G)I have fallen.

Spirits are (D)usin' me;

(G)larger voices (A)callin'.

(G)What heaven brought (D)you and me (G)cannot be forgotten.

I have been (Dsus)around

(D)the (A)world,

(Dsus)lookin' (D)for that (G)(A)womangirl

who (Dsus)knows (D)love (G)can (A)endure.

And you know it will.

(D)When you see the Southern

(G)Cross for the (D)first time,

you (A)understand now (G)why you came this (A)easiest thing to do.

'Cause the truth you might be (G)runnin' from is (D)so small,

but it's as (A)big as the (G)come along,

make me for (D)promise of a (Bm)comin' (A)day.

So I'm sailing for (G)tomorrow.

My are (D)adying.

And my (A)love is anchor (G)tied to you,

(D)tied with a (Asus)ver (A)chain.

In I have my ship, and (G)all a her flags are (D)aflying.

She is the (A)all that I have (G)left,

alized and (D)music (Bm)is her name.

(G)Think about how (D)many times (G)I have fallen.

Spirits are (D)usin' me;

(G)larger voices (A)callin'.

(G)What heaven brought (D)you and me (G)cannot be forgotten.