Southern Cross

G Em C Bm C Em Am D G Em C Bm G Am C G Em C Bm There's a light in the distant darkness tonight C Em Am D Soon we'll be there, tomorrow I swear G Em C Bm May the light in your heart and your eyes be as bright G Am C G This is my silent prayer C Bm So rest, baby rest, by the shining be blest Em Bm C Never in shadows lost Em Bm C Bm This lone holy candle is guiding us on G C G C G Under the Southern Cross Em C Bm There were birds in the twilight, wheeling on high C Em Am D Like Noah's sign, their freedom was mine G Em C Bm And although they were wandering in a strange sky G Am C G Theirs was the far shoreline C Bm So hush, baby, hush, in the wing sounding rush Em Bm C Never in sunset lost Em Bm C Bm These cloud-dwelling dreamers are guiding us on G C G Under the Southern Cross G Em C Bm C Em Am D G Em C Bm G Am C G G C Bm Em Bm C Em Bm C Bm G C G Em C Bm And this ship has seen glory, heartache and mirth C Em Am D Sunlight and hail, through doldrums and gale G Em C Bm Though she's ten thousand miles from the land of her birth G Am C G On through this night we sail C Bm So sleep, baby, sleep, by the wind and the deep Em Bm C Never again be tossed Em Bm C Bm This proud weary traveller's taking us home G C G Em Bm C Bm Under the Southern Cross G C G Under the Southern Cross