Southern Cross chords by Jimmy Buffett

Tuning: EADGBE

SOUTHERN CROSS
Jimmy Buffett
(Curtis/Curtis/Stills)

Intro:
      A     G            D
Got out of town on a boat for the southern is lands.
     A    G        D  A
Sailing a reach be fore a followin' sea.
            G       D
She was makin' for the trades on the outside,
    A    G       D  A
And the downhill run to Papeete Bay.
            G         D
On this heading off the wind lies the Marq uesas.
    A         G
We got eighty feet of the waterline.
D       A
Nicely making way.
         G         D
In a noisy bar in Avalon I tried to call you.
     A        G      D        A
But on a midnight watch I realized why twice you ran a way.

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 forgot ten.

       D   G  A
I have been a round the world,
D        G   A
Lookin' for that woman, girl,
  D   G      A
Who knows love can en dure.
        G   D        A
And you know it will. And you know it will.

     A        G       D
When you see the Southern Cross for the first time,
  A           G     D  A
You understand now why you came this way.
               G         D
'Cause the truth you might be runnin' from is so small.
      A       G               D  A
But it's as big as the pr omise, the promise of a coming day.
           G            D
So I'm sailing for to morrow, my dreams are a dyin'.
    A             G  D         A
And my love is an anchor tied to you, tied with a silver chain.
     G              D
I have my ship and all her flags are a flyin'
    A        G    D      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 forgot ten.

       D   G  A
I have been a round the world,
D        G   A
Lookin' for that woman, girl,
  D   G      A
Who knows love can en dure.
        G   D        A
And you know it will. And you know it will.

           G      D
So we cheated and we tried and we tested
    A        G        D        A
And we never failed to fail, it was the easiest thing to do.
       G     D
You will sur vive being bested.
       A           G
But somebody strong comes along and make me forget
  D        A
For get about loving you.
            G D A G D
At the Southern Cross.