Southern Cross Chords by Jimmy Buffett

[Start]

[Verse]
A G D A G D A
■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■
                     G                     D      
Got out of town on a boat for the southern islands
     A     G                  D   A
On a reach before a following sea ■
                       G             D      
We were making for the trades on the outside
       A        G      D       A
On the downhill run to Papeete ■
                   G            D        
On this headed off wing lie the Marquesas
       A           G            D      G      A7 
We got eighty feet of waterline nicely making way
               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


[Chorus]
      G         D          G      A      A7 A
Think about how many times I have fallen ■  ■
            D        G             A       G
Spirits are using me larger voices calling ■
            D                  G         A        
What Heaven brought you and me cannot be forgotten
            D      G A D        
I have been around ■ ■ the world
                 G     A   
Looking for that woman girl
D              G   A     
Who knows love can endure


[Verse]
                     G
And you know it will ■
D             A    G
■ You know it will ■
D A                            G             D         
■ ■ When you seen the southern cross for the first time
A                   G                 D   A
You understand just why you came this way ■
                           G               D       
'cause the truth you've be running from is so small
            A          G           D            G      A  
But it's as big as the promise the promise of a coming day
                        G                 D    
And I'm heading all the way my dreams are dying
       A          G                  D           G      A    
And my love is an anchor tied to you tied with a silver chain


[Chorus]
                   G                 D      
I have my ship and all her flags are aflying
    A             G        D     G      A   
She is all I have left and music is her name
      G         D          G      A      G
Think about how many times I have fallen ■
            D        G             A      
Spirits are using me larger voices calling
G           D                  G         A        
What Heaven brought you and me cannot be forgotten
                   D   G A    
I have been around the ■ world
                D                G     A   
Looking looking looking for that woman girl
D              G   A     
Who knows love can endure


[Bridge]
                A   
And you know it will
G   D         A   
You ■ know it will
G D A G D A G Bm7
■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■  


[Solo]
A G D A G Bm7 A
■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■   ■


[Verse]
                     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
         G             D     
You will survive being bested
         A                  G               D            G      A  
Somebody strong comes along makes me forget forget about loving you


[Chorus]
        A             
And the southern cross
A       
Woo yeah


[Bridge]
G D G A G D D
■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■


[End]