Standard tuning,and simple  strumming.The timing is simple but also key to this
song.Repeat the chord progression below for the following verses.



A (x02220@1)                  G (320003@1)                  DGot (xx0232@1)outta town on a boat going to southern islands
A (x02220@1)                G (320003@1)                DSailing (xx0232@1)a reach before a a following sea
A (x02220@1)                     G (320003@1)             DShe (xx0232@1)was making for the trades on the outside
A (x02220@1)              G (320003@1)         DAnd (xx0232@1)the downhill run to Paapete
A (x02220@1)                      G (320003@1)               DOff (xx0232@1)this wind on this heading lie the Marqueses
A (x02220@1)                           G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)  Bm (x24432@1)   AWe (x02220@1)got eighty feet of the waterline nicely making way
A (x02220@1)                   G (320003@1)                DIn (xx0232@1)a noisy bar in Avalon I tried to call you
A (x02220@1)                       G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)    Bm (x24432@1)   ABut (x02220@1)on a midnight watch I realized why twice you ran away
     AThink (x02220@1)about
  G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)      AThink (x02220@1)about how many times I have fallen
  G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)      ASpirits (x02220@1)are using me larger voices calling
  G (320003@1)                D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)         AWhat (x02220@1)heaven brought you and me cannot be forgotten
 D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)       AI (x02220@1)have been around the world
 D (xx0232@1)             G (320003@1)      ALooking (x02220@1)for that woman girl
 D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)       AWho (x02220@1)knows love cant ignore
A (x02220@1)                  G (320003@1)           DAnd (xx0232@1)you know it will
A (x02220@1)                  G (320003@1)           DAnd (xx0232@1)you know it will
  A (x02220@1)                     G (320003@1)                 DWhen (xx0232@1)you see the Southern Cross for the first time
  A (x02220@1)                G (320003@1)             DYou (xx0232@1)understand now why you came this way
 A (x02220@1)                        G (320003@1)                DCause (xx0232@1)the truth you might be runnin from is so small
 A (x02220@1)                     GBut (320003@1)its as big as the promise
      D (xx0232@1)          Bm (x24432@1)   AThe (x02220@1)promise of a coming day

So Im sailing for tommorrow my dreams are a dying
And my love is an anchor tied to you
Tied with a silver chain
I have my ship and all her flags are a flying
She is all that I have left
And music is her name

(Repeat chorus)

So we cheated and we lied and we tested
And we never failed to fail
It was the easiest thing to do
You will suvive being bested
Somebody fine will come along
Make me forget about losing you

In the southern cross............