Crosby Stills & Nash - Southern Cross The Original Key is A-MAJOR (just use a capo on the 2nd fret to bring this version up). Intro (the "/" means mute the chord) G G // F F // C^A^G^C - G G // F F // C^A^G^G Verse-1 G F C^A^G^C Got out of town on a boat going southern islands G F Sailing a reach before a following sea G F C^A^G^C She was making for the trades on the outside G F C^A^G^C And the downhill run to Papeete (Papa Ay Tay) Verse-2 G F C^A^G^C Off the wind on this heading lie the Marquesas G C C Am G We got eighty feet of the waterline, nicely making way G F C^A^G^C In a noisy bar in Avalon I tried to call you G F C Am C GG But on a midnight watch I realized why twice you ran away Chorus F C F G Think about how many times I have fallen F C F G Spirits are using me, larger voices calling F C F G G~hold~G What heaven brought you and me cannot be forgotten C F G I have been around the world C F G Looking for that woman girl C F G^ (STOP) Who knows love can endure G G // F F // C^A^G^C And you know it will G G // F F // C^A^G^C And you know it will Verse-3 G F C^A^G^C When you see the Southern Cross for the first time G F C^A^G^C You understand now why you came this way G F C^A^G^C Cause the truth you might be running from is so small G F C Am G G But it's as big as the promise, the promise of a coming day Verse-4 G F C^A^G^C So I'm sailing for tomorrow, my dreams are a dying G F C Am G And my love is an anchor tied to you, tied with a silver chain G F C^A^G^C I have my ship and all her flags are a flying G F C Am G G She is all that I have left and music is her name..think about. Chorus F C F G Think about how many times I have fallen F C F G Spirits are using me, larger voices calling F C F G G~hold~G What heaven brought you and me cannot be forgotten C F G I have been around the world C F G Looking for that woman girl C F G^ (STOP) Who knows love can endure G G // F F // C^A^G^C And you know it will G G // F F // C^A^G^C And you know it will Solo Break G G // F F // C^A^G^C - G G // F F // C^A^G^G (2X) Verse-5 G F So we cheated and we lied and we tested G F C G And we never failed to fail, it was the easiest thing to do G F G G // F F // C^A^G^C You will survive being bested G F C Am G But somebody fine will come along make me forget about loving you G G // F F // C^A^G^C - G G // F F // C^A^G^G In the Southern Cross