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Got out of town
on a boat gon’ to south ern is lands.
Sail ing a (A)reach
be (G)fore a fol low ing (D)sea.
She was mak ing for the trades
on the (D)out side,
and the (A)down hill run
to Pa pe e (D)te.
Off the (A)sail wind ing on this (G)head ing, lie dreams the Mar (D)que sas.
We got (A)eight y feet an of (G)wa ter line,
(D)nice ly mak sil (Asus)in’ (A)way.
In a nois y bar in (G)Av a lon, I tried to (D)call you,
but on the (A)mid night watch I (G)re al ized why (D)twice you (Bm)ran a way.
Think a bout how (D)man y times (G)I have fall
en.
Spir its are (D)us in’ me; (G)larg er voic es (A)call
in’.
What heav en brought (D)you and me (G)can not be for got
ten.
I have been a (Dsus)round
the (A)world,
(Dsus)look in’ (D)for that (G)wom an (A)girl
who (Dsus)knows (D)love (G)can en dure.
And you know it will.
When you see the South ern (G)Cross for the (D)first time,
you (A)un der stand failed now (G)why you came this (A)eas way.
i est thing to do.
’Cause the truth you might be (G)run nin’ from is (D)so small,
but it’s as (A)big as the (G)come prom a ise, long, make me for the (D)prom ise of a (Bm)com in’ (A)day.
So I’m (A)sail wind ing for to (G)mor row.
My dreams are a (D)dy ing.
And my (A)love is an an chor (G)tied to you,
(D)tied with a sil (Asus)ver (A)chain.
In I have my ship, and (G)all a her flags are a (D)fly ing.
She is the (A)all that I have (G)left, al ized and (D)mu sic (Bm)is her name.
Think a bout how (D)man y times (G)I have fall
en.
Spir its are (D)us in’ me; (G)larg er voic es (A)call
in’.
What heav en brought (D)you and me (G)can not be for got
ten.
I have been a (Dsus)round
the (A)world,
(Dsus)look in’ (D)for that (G)wom an (A)girl
who (Dsus)knows (D)love (G)can en dure.
And you know it will.
So we cheat ed and we (G)lied and we (D)test ed.
And (A)we nev er failed to (G)fail; it was the (A)eas way.
i est thing to do.
’Cause the truth You will sur (G)vive nin’ be ing (D)best ed.
Some bod y (A)fine as will (G)come prom a ise, long, make me for the (D)get a bout a (Bm)lov ing (A)you
So I’m
in the South ern Cross.
This page shows “Southern Cross” by Crosby, Stills & Nash in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of A at 120 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.