The Original Key is A-MAJOR (just use a capo to bring this version up).
I transcribed it like this to fit my voice & to make it easier to play.
I've also included a "Chordal^Walking^Bass^Section" within the INTRO
at the end of each line in the VERSE'S - Doing this makes this version
sound more complete for acoustic, and more like the original song.
I transcribed this song completely for the solo acoustic player.
THE WALK DOWN EXPLINATION:
Written like ^A^G^ and ^A^G^
1.(Play the C-Chord - accenting the "C" note on the A-string)
2.(Play the open "A-string" while holding the rest of the"C-Chord")
3.(Play the "G"-note on the low-E-string-3rd-fret)
4 (Play the "C-Chord") or ("G-Chord" - 2nd time around)
I hope this explains my walk^down transcription.
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The Southern Cross is a small constellation with the shape of a
cross (called Crux). Explorers of the Southern hemisphere used
Crux to guide them when sailing. By looking at Crux, they could
figure out in which direction to sail without getting lost.
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Again, the Original Key is in A-MAJOR.
Just use a capo to bring this version up.
Questions/Comments . . . ianvomsaal@yahoo.com
Transcribed by: Ian C.T. vom Saal
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Crosby Stills & Nash - Southern Cross
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[Intro] (the "/" means mute the chord) ~walk^down~
/ / / / ^A^G^
/ / / / ^A^G^
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[Verse-1]
Got out of town on a boat going southern islands^A^G^
Sailing a reach before a following sea^A^G^
She was making for the trades on the outside^A^G^
And the downhill run to Papeete (Papa Ay Tay)^A^G^
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[Verse-2]
Off the wind on this heading lie the Marquesas^A^G^
We got eighty feet of the waterline, nicely making way
In a noisy bar in Avalon I tried to call you^A^G^
But on amidnight watch Irealized whytwice youranaway
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[Chorus]
Think about how many times I have fallen
Spirits are using me, larger voices calling
What heaven brought you and me cannot be forgotten [G~hold~G]
I have been around the world
looking for that woman girl
Who knows love can endure^(STOP)
And you know it will // // ^A^G^
And you know it will //// ^A^G^
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[Verse-3]
When you see the Southern Cross for the first time^A^G^
You understand now why you came this way^A^G^
Cause the truth you might be running from is so small^A^G^
But it's as big as the promise, the promise of a coming day
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[Verse-4]
So I'm sailing for tomorrow, my dreams are a dying^A^G^
And my love is an anchor tied to you, tied with a silver chain
I have my ship and all her flags are a flyin^A^G^
She is all that I have left and music is her name..think about.
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[Chorus]
Think about how many times I have fallen
Spirits are using me, larger voices calling
What heaven brought you and me cannot be forgotten [G~hold~G]
I have been around the world
looking for that woman girl
Who knows love can endure^(STOP)
And you know it will // // ^A^G^
And you know it will // // ^A^G^
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[Solo Break]
////^A^G^ - ////^A^G^ (2X)
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[Verse-5]
So we cheated and we lied and we tested^A^G^
And we never failed to fail, it was the easiest thing to do
You will survive being bested^A^G^
But somebody fine will come along make me forget about loving you
(Begin-Intro-Here)
In the Southern^Cross
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[Intro] (walk^down) (walk^down)
// // ^A^G^ ~ // // ^A^G^ (2X)
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