Southern Cross Chords

[Intro]
G  Em  C  Bm  C  Em  Am  D
G  Em  C  Bm  G  Am  C  G
 
[Verse]
                       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
 
[Verse]
                           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
 
[Verse]
                        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
 
[Verse]
                            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
 
[Instrumental]
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
[Verse]
                       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
 
[Verse]
                              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
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