Southern Cross Chords

SOUTHERN CROSS
Jimmy Buffett
(Curtis/Curtis/Stills)
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9CgMAT2ybc
 
[Intro]
A  G  D  D
A  G  D  A
 
[Verse 1]
           A         G                      D
Got out of town on a boat for the southern islands
     A       G                D    A
On a reach before a followin' sea
        A              G             D
We were makin' for the trades on the outside
       A           G        D   A
On the downhill run to Papeete
        A               G                D
On this heading off the wind lie the Marquesas
       A                  G          D      G      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 the midnight watch I realized why twice you ran away
 
Think about
G                 D          G      A
  Think about how many times I have fallen
G             D         G             A
  Spirits are using me, larger voices callin'
G                     D          G             A
  What heaven brought you and me cannot be forgotten
 
[Chorus]
             D   G     A
I have been around the world
D                G       A
Lookin' for that woman, girl
    D          G     A
Who knows love can endure
N.C.             A   G  D  D
And you know it will
            A    G  D  A
You know it will
 
[Verse 2]
            A                 G             D
When you've seen the Southern Cross for the first time
    A               G                 D    A
You understand just why you came this way
           A                 G               D
'Cause the truth you've been runnin' from is so small
            A          G            D            G      A
But it's as big as the promise, the promise of a comin' day
        A              G                    D
And I'm headed all the way, my dreams are a-dyin'
       A          G                   D           G       A
And my love is an anchor tied to you, tied with a silver chain
N.C.      A         G                 D
I have my ship and all my flags are a-flyin'
       A               G        D     G      A
She is all that I have left and music is her name
 
Think about
G                 D          G      A
  Think about how many times I have fallen
G             D         G             A
  Spirits are using me, larger voices callin'
G                     D          G             A
  What heaven brought you and me cannot be forgotten
 
[Chorus]
             D   G     A
I have been around the world
D                G       A
Lookin' for that woman, girl
    D          G     A
Who knows love can endure
N.C.             A   G  D  D
And you know it will
            A    G  D  A
You know it will
 
[Solo]
A  G  D  D
A  G  D  A
A  G  D  D
A  G  D  A
 
[Verse 3]
      A              G            D
So we cheated and we tried and we tested
       A               G                D       G        A
And we never failed to fail, it was the easiest thing to do
A             G           D
  You will survive being bested
         A                      G
Somebody strong comes along and makes me forget
   D         G      A
Forget about loving you
N.C.
And the Southern Cross
 
[Outro]
A  G  D  D
A  G  D  D
X