Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Southern Cross (Guitar)

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Southen Cross by Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young Provided to YouTube by: Wise Music Group, BMI - Broadcast Music Inc., and 3 Music Rights Societies Live Concert Oakland Coliseum California 4 December 1988 [Intro] D G A A D G A A [Verse 1]
D          A         G
Got out of town on a boat goin' to Southern islands

G         A     D                  A
Sailing a reach before a followin' sea

A                      G             A
She was makin' for the trades on the outside

A                G      A
And the downhill run to Papeete
[Verse 2]
A                    F               A
Off the wind on this heading lie the Marquesas

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We got eighty feet of the waterline nicely making way

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In a noisy bar in Avalon I tried to call you

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But on a midnight watch I realized why twice you ran away
[Chorus]
A
Think about

A           D                     A
Think about how many times I have fallen

A           G                      A
Spirits are using me larger voices callin'

A                           G            D
What Heaven brought you and me cannot be forgotten

                   D           G          A
(Around the world) I have been around the world

          G                      A
(Lookin') Lookin' for that woman girl

                      A   G              A
(Who knows she knows) Who knows love can endure

A                    D G A
And you know it will
[Verse 3]
G        A                D             A
When you see the Southern Cross for the first time

A                  G                 A
You understand now why you came this way

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'Cause the truth you might be runnin' from is so small

A                      G                                A
But it's as big as the promise, the promise of a comin' day
[Verse 4]
D      A           G                        D
So I'm sailing for tomorrow my dreams are a dyin'

D      A          G                                     A
And my love is an anchor tied to you tied with a silver chain

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I have my ship and all her flags are a' flyin'

A                      G                     A
She is all that I have left and music is her name
[Chorus]
A
Think about

A           D                     A
Think about how many times I have fallen

A           G                      A
Spirits are using me larger voices callin'

A                           G            D
What Heaven brought you and me cannot be forgotten

                   D           G          A
(Around the world) I have been around the world

          G                      A
(Lookin') Lookin' for that woman girl

                      A   G              A
(Who knows she knows) Who knows love can endure

A                    D G A
And you know it will
[Instrumental Break--Guitar] D A G D A G A G A A G G A [Verse 5]
A                    G           A
So we cheated and we lied and we tested

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And we never failed to fail, it was the easiest thing to do

A        G             A
You will survive being bested

A                  G                                       A
Somebody fine will come along, make me forget about loving you

A                     G D D A
In the Southern Cross