Southern Cross chords by Gordon Bok

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