INTRO: A  G  D  A  G  D  A

           A           G                      D
Got out of town   on a boat goin' to southern islands
          A         G                D     A
sailing a reach   before a following sea
                       G             D
she was making for the trades on the outside
        A         G             D   A
and the downhill   run to Pape-ete

                       G                  D
Off the wind   on this heading lie the Marquesas
       A                G           D             A
we got eighty feet of a waterline   nicley making way
                  G                 D
in a noisy bar in Avalon I tried to call you
           A                G
but on the midnight shift I realized
    D         Bm   A
why twice you ran away

        G               D          G      A
CHORUS: Think about how many times I have fallen
G           D         G             A
spirits are usin' me  larger voices callin'
G                   D            G            A
what heaven brought you and me   cannot be forgotten
             D   G     A      D                G     A
I have been around the world  looking for that woman girl
    D          G     A                     INTRO
who knows love can endure  and you know it will

         A                G             D
When you see the southern cross for the first time
    A              G                 D     A
you understand now why you came this way
           A                  G               D
'cause the truth you might be running from is so small
            A          G             D            Bm     A
but it's as big as the promise   the promise of a comin' day

       A             G                      D
So I'm sailin' for tomorrow my dreams are a dyin'
       A          G
and my love is an anchor tied to you
D                  A
tied with a silver chain
                   G                   D
I have my ship and all her flags are a flyin'
       A               G           D     Bm     A
she is all that I have left    and music is her name

REPEAT CHORUS

      A              G           D
So we cheated and we lied and we tested
       A               G                   D
and we never failed to fail     it was the easiest
         A                    G          D
thing to do       you will survive being bested
         A           G                         D
somebody fine   will come a long    make me forget
      Bm     A                      A   G   D   A   G   D
about lovin' you    in the southern cross