Southern Cross chords by Gordon Bok

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
G+G E minorEm C majorC B minorBm C majorC E minorEm A minorAm D MajorD
G+G E minorEm C majorC B minorBm G+G A minorAm C majorC G+G

Verse:

            E minorEm   C majorC     B minorBm
There's a light in the distant darkness tonight


C majorC       E minorEm    A minorAm    D MajorD
Soon we'll be there, tomorrow I swear


    G+G       E minorEm       C majorC     B minorBm
May the light in your heart and your eyes be as bright

G+G     A minorAm   C majorC    G+G
This is my silent prayer


Verse:

              C majorC     B minorBm
So rest, baby rest, by the shining be blest


E minorEm    B minorBm   C majorC
Never in shadows lost


   E minorEm    B minorBm    C majorC     B minorBm
This lone holy candle is guiding us on


G+G     C majorC    G+G    C majorC G+G
Under the Southern Cross


Verse:

            E minorEm    C majorC      B minorBm
There were birds in the twilight, wheeling on high


C majorC      E minorEm     A minorAm     D MajorD
Like Noah's sign, their freedom was mine


   G+G        E minorEm    C majorC      B minorBm
And although they were wandering in a strange sky

G+G       A minorAm    C majorC   G+G
Theirs was the far shoreline


Verse:

              C majorC       B minorBm
So hush, baby, hush, in the wing sounding rush


E minorEm    B minorBm   C majorC
Never in sunset lost


   E minorEm       B minorBm      C majorC     B minorBm
These cloud-dwelling dreamers are guiding us on


G+G     C majorC    G+G
Under the Southern Cross


Instrumental:
G+G E minorEm C majorC B minorBm C majorC E minorEm A minorAm D MajorD
G+G E minorEm C majorC B minorBm G+G A minorAm C majorC G+G
G MajorG  C majorC B minorBm E minorEm B minorBm C majorC

E minorEm B minorBm C majorC B minorBm G+G C majorC G+G
Verse:


            E minorEm   C majorC       B minorBm
And this ship has seen glory, heartache and mirth


C majorC      E minorEm      A minorAm      D MajorD
Sunlight and hail, through doldrums and gale


       G+G      E minorEm       C majorC      B minorBm
Though she's ten thousand miles from the land of her birth


G+G        A minorAm    C majorC   G+G
On through this night we sail


Verse:

               C majorC      B minorBm
So sleep, baby, sleep, by the wind and the deep


E minorEm   B minorBm   C majorC
Never again be tossed


   E minorEm     B minorBm     C majorC     B minorBm
This proud weary traveller's taking us home


G+G     C majorC    G+G    E minorEm B minorBm C majorC B minorBm
Under the Southern Cross


G+G     C majorC    G+G
Under the Southern Cross