Southern Cross Chords & Lessons by Crobsy, Stills & Nash
Welcome to my Southern Cross guitar chord and lesson page by Crosby, Stills and Nash. I has some students in my Online Guitar Course request this song, so here it is!
This song is mostly open chords and you can actually get away with only 3 chords if you want to keep it simple. I recommend the 4 finger G chord to make transitioning to the D chord easier.
If you would like to spice it up a little, you can add in some suspended chords as recommend in the alternate strumming patterns below.
SOUTHER CROSS GUITAR CHORDS:
SOUTHERN CROSS STRUMMING PATTERNS:
Basic Strumming 1:
A GG DDDD
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
DD DD DD DD
Basic Strumming 2:
A GG DDDA
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
DD DD DD DD
Adding in sus Chords over D Chord:
Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
1 + 2 + 3 + 4+
Dsus4 D Dsus2 A
1 + 2 + 3 + 4+
Chorus Strumming Option 1:
1 2 + 3 4 +
DDU DDU
Chorus Strumming Option 2:
1 2 + a 3 4 +a
DDD U D DDU
SOUTHERN CROSS CHORD CHART: BY CROSBY STILLS & NASH
We do not distribute printable chord and lyrics charts. These charts are here only to support online learning. We highly recommend buying music from Hal Leonard or a reputable online sheet music store.
Intro: |A G| D |A G| |D A|
Verse:
|A G| D
Got outta town on a boat for the southern islands
|A G | |D A|
Sailing a reach before a following sea
|A G| D
She was making for the trades on the outside
|A G| |D A|
And the downhill run to Papeete Bay
|A G| D
Off this wind on this heading lie the Marqueses
| A G| |D A|
We got eighty feet of the waterline nicely making way
|A G| D
In a noisy bar in Avalon I tried to call you
|A G| |D G A - |
But on a midnight watch I realized why twice you ran away
Pre-Chorus:
A (2/4)
Think about
| G D | |G A|
Think about how many times I have fallen
| G D| | G A|
Spirits are using me, larger voices calling
|G D| |G A| A
What heaven brought you and me cannot be forgotten
Chorus:
A(2/4) |D G| A
I have been around the world
|D G | A
Looking for that woman girl
|D G| A
Who knows love can endure
|A G| D |A G| |D A|
And you know it will
Verse:
|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 runnin' from is so small
|A G| |D A| A (mute)
But it's as big as the promise the promise of a coming day
|A G| D
So I'm sailing for tomorrow, my dreams are a dying
|A G| |D A (mute)|
And my love is an anchor tied to you tied with silver chain
|A G| D
I have my ship and all her flags are a flying
|A G| |D G A -|
She is all that I have left And music is her name
Pre-Chorus:
A (2/4)
Think about
| G D | |G A|
Think about how many times I have fallen
| G D| | G A|
Spirits are using me, larger voices calling
|G D| |G A| A
What heaven brought you and me cannot be forgotten
Chorus:
A(2/4) |D G| A
I have been around the world
|D G | A
Looking for that woman girl
|D G| A
Who knows love can endure
|A G| D
And you know it will
|A G| |D A|
And you know it will
|A G | D | A G | D A|
|A G | D | A G | D A|
This file is the author’s own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It’s intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.