Intro: |A G| D |A G| |D A|
Verse:
|A G| D
Got outta town on a boat for the southern islands
|A G | |D A|
Sailing a reach before a following sea
|A G| D
She was making for the trades on the outside
|A G| |D A|
And the downhill run to Papeete Bay
|A G| D
Off this wind on this heading lie the Marqueses
| A G| |D A|
We got eighty feet of the waterline nicely making way
|A G| D
In a noisy bar in Avalon I tried to call you
|A G| |D G A – |
But on a midnight watch I realized why twice you ran away
Pre-Chorus:
A (2/4)
Think about
| G D | |G A|
Think about how many times I have fallen
| G D| | G A|
Spirits are using me, larger voices calling
|G D| |G A| A
What heaven brought you and me cannot be forgotten
Chorus:
A(2/4) |D G| A
I have been around the world
|D G | A
Looking for that woman girl
|D G| A
Who knows love can endure
|A G| D |A G| |D A|
And you know it will
Verse:
|A G| D
When you see the Southern Cross for the first time
|A G| |D A|
You understand now why you came this way
|A G| D
Cause the truth you might be runnin” from is so small
|A G| |D A| A (mute)
But it”s as big as the promise the promise of a coming day
|A G| D
So I”m sailing for tomorrow, my dreams are a dying
|A G| |D A (mute)|
And my love is an anchor tied to you tied with silver chain
|A G| D
I have my ship and all her flags are a flying
|A G| |D G A -|
She is all that I have left And music is her name
Pre-Chorus:
A (2/4)
Think about
| G D | |G A|
Think about how many times I have fallen
| G D| | G A|
Spirits are using me, larger voices calling
|G D| |G A| A
What heaven brought you and me cannot be forgotten
Chorus:
A(2/4) |D G| A
I have been around the world
|D G | A
Looking for that woman girl
|D G| A
Who knows love can endure
|A G| D |A G| |D A|
And you know it will
|A G| |D A|
And you know it will
|A G | D | A G | D A|
|A G | D | A G | D A|
Verse:
|A G| D
So we cheated and we lied and we tested
|A G| |D A|
And we never failed to fail, it was the easiest thing to do
|A G| D
You will survive being bested
|A G| (2/4) |D Bm| A
Somebody fine will come along make me forget about loving you
|A G| D |A G| D
In the Southern Cross.