{"id":925,"date":"2021-05-10T05:21:58","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T05:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=925"},"modified":"2026-01-10T23:44:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T23:44:51","slug":"southern-cross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/southern-cross\/","title":{"rendered":"Southern Cross"},"content":{"rendered":"
[Intro]\r\n \r\nA<\/span>   G<\/span>   D<\/span>  D<\/span>\r\nA<\/span>   G<\/span>   D<\/span>  A<\/span>\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 1]\r\n \r\n           A<\/span>         G<\/span>                        D<\/span>     D<\/span>\r\nGot outta town on a boat, goin' to southern islands\r\n          A<\/span>       G<\/span>                D<\/span>   A<\/span>\r\nSailing a reach before a following sea\r\n        A<\/span>               G<\/span>            D<\/span>       D<\/span>\r\nShe was making for the trades on the outside\r\n        A<\/span>           G<\/span>         D<\/span>  A<\/span>\r\nAnd the downhill run to Pape\u02bbet\u0113\r\n \r\n         A<\/span>           G<\/span>                  D<\/span>      D<\/span>\r\nOff the wind on this heading lie the Marquesas\r\n       A<\/span>                  G<\/span>         D<\/span>        A<\/span>\r\nWe got eighty feet of the waterline nicely making way\r\n     A<\/span>            G<\/span>                 D<\/span>        D<\/span>\r\nIn a noisy bar in Avalon I tried to call you\r\n         A<\/span>                G<\/span>            D<\/span>         Bm<\/span>   A<\/span>\r\nBut on a midnight watch I realized why twice you ran away\r\n \r\n \r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\n \r\n(A<\/span>)\r\nThink about\r\nG<\/span>                 D<\/span>          G<\/span>       A<\/span>\r\n  Think about how many times I have fallen\r\nG<\/span>             D<\/span>         G<\/span>             A<\/span>\r\n  Spirits are using me, larger voices calling\r\nG<\/span>                     D<\/span>          G<\/span>             A<\/span>\r\n  What heaven brought you and me cannot be forgotten\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n \r\n             D<\/span>  G<\/span>      A<\/span>      Asus4<\/span> A<\/span>\r\nI have been around the world\r\nD<\/span>                G<\/span>     A<\/span>     Asus4<\/span>\r\nLooking for that woman girl\r\nA<\/span>   D<\/span>          G<\/span>     A<\/span>\r\nWho knows love can endure\r\nN.C.             A   G   D  D\r\nAnd you know it will\r\n \r\nA   G   D  A\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n \r\n         A                G             D          D\r\nWhen you see the Southern Cross for the first time\r\n    A              G                 D   A\r\nYou understand now why you came this way\r\n           A                  G               D        D\r\n'Cause the truth you might be runnin' from is so small\r\n            A          G            D            Bm     A\r\nBut it's as big as the promise, the promise of a coming day\r\n \r\n       A             G                       D     D\r\nSo I'm sailing for tomorrow, my dreams are a-dying\r\n       A           G                  D           Bm     A\r\nAnd my love is an anchor tied to you, tied with a silver chain\r\n          A        G                   D      D\r\nI have my ship and all her flags are a-flying\r\n       A               G         D     Bm     A\r\nShe is all that I have left, and music is her name\r\n \r\n \r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\n \r\n(A)\r\nThink about\r\nG                 D          G       A\r\n  Think about how many times I have fallen\r\nG             D         G             A\r\n  Spirits are using me, larger voices calling\r\nG                     D          G             A\r\n  What heaven brought you and me cannot be forgotten\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n \r\n             D  G      A      Asus4 A\r\nI have been around the world\r\nD                G     A     Asus4\r\nLooking for that woman girl\r\nA   D          G      A\r\nWho knows love can endure\r\nN.C.             A   G   D  D\r\nAnd you know it will\r\n          A         G   D  A\r\nAnd you know it will\r\n \r\n \r\n[Instrumental]\r\n \r\nA   G   D\r\nA   G   D  A\r\nA   G   D\r\nA   G   D  A\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 3]\r\n \r\n      A               G          D     D\r\nSo we cheated and we lied and we tested\r\n       A               G                D                A\r\nAnd we never failed to fail, it was the easiest thing to do\r\nA              G         D      D\r\n  You will survive being bested\r\n          A        G                      D         Bm     A\r\nSomebody fine will come along, make me forget about loving you\r\n                A     G   D  D\r\nIn the Southern Cross\r\n \r\nA   G   D  D\r\n
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