Southern Cross

(the "/" means mute the chord) ~walk^down~ G G / / F F / / C^A^G^C G G / / F F / / C^A^G^G ----------------------------------------------------------------- Verse-1 Got out of Gtown on a Fboat going southern islandsC^A^G^C Sailing a Greach Fbefore a following seaC^A^G^G She was Gmaking for the Ftrades on the outsideC^A^G^C And the Gdownhill Frun to Papeete (Papa Ay Tay)C^A^G^G ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Verse-2 Off the Gwind on this Fheading lie the MarquesasC^A^G^C We got Geighty feet of the Cwaterline, Cnicely Ammaking Gway In a Gnoisy bar in FAvalon I tried to call youC^A^G^C But on aGmidnight watch IFrealized whyCtwice youAmranGawayG__G ------------------------------------------------------------------------- FThink about how Cmany times FI have Gfallen FSpirits are Cusing me, Flarger voices Gcalling FWhat heaven brought Cyou and me Fcannot be forGgotten G~hold~G I have been CarouFnd the Gworld Clooking for that Fwoman Ggirl Who Cknows love Fcan endureG^(STOP) And you know it will GG// FF// C^A^G^C And you know it will GG//FF// C^A^G^G ------------------------------------------------------------- Verse-3 When you Gsee the Southern FCross for the first timeC^A^G^C You Gunderstand now Fwhy you came this wayC^A^G^G Cause the Gtruth you might be Frunning from is so smallC^A^G^C But it's as Gbig as the Fpromise, the Cpromise of a Amcoming GdayG --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Verse-4 So I'm Gsailing for Ftomorrow, my dreams are a dyingC^A^G^C And my Glove is an Fanchor tied to you, Ctied with a Amsilver Gchain GI have my Fship and all her flags are a flyinC^A^G^C She is Gall that I have Fleft and Cmusic Amis her GnameG..think about. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- FThink about how Cmany times FI have Gfallen FSpirits are Cusing me, Flarger voices Gcalling FWhat heaven brought Cyou and me Fcannot be forGgotten G~hold~G I have been CarouFnd the Gworld Clooking for that Fwoman Ggirl Who Cknows love Fcan endureG^(STOP) And you know it will GG// FF// C^A^G^C And you know it will GG// FF// C^A^G^G ------------------------------------------------------------- Solo Break GG//FF//C^A^G^C - GG//FF//C^A^G^G (2X) ------------------------------------------------------------- Verse-5 So we Gcheated and we Flied and we testedC^A^G^C And we Gnever failed to Ffail, it was the Ceasiest thing to Gdo GYou will Fsurvive being bestedC^A^G^C But Gsomebody fine will Fcome along make me Cforget about Amloving Gyou (Begin-Intro-Here) In the Southern^Cross -------------------------------------------------------------------- (walk^down) (walk^down) GG// FF// C^A^G^C ~ GG// FF// C^A^G^G (2X) --------------------------------------------------------------------