This song is a classic.
Its been covered by all. A great covered version is 
Jimmy Buffet"s Live album. Anyways enjoy and play along 
with the song it a great one to jam too. 


First to sound like the C.D. you will need a capo on the 2ND fret or
just use bar chords it doesn't really matter. Listen to any of the versions to 
get the beats and breaks down right. 


when you play out the C and the end of each line 
in the verses do play through it like this to make it sound good

o----o---------------------------------------------
1----1--------------------------------------------
o----o-h2--------------------------------------------
o-h2-o-----------------------------------------------
3----3--------------------------------------------
o----o---------------------------------------------













INTRO: G 	 F 	 C

 	     G 	       F  	  	      C
Got out of town on a boat to the southern islands


      G     F        	  	 C 	  
On a reef before the following sea


 	    G 	  	  F 	  	 C
We were making for the trades on the outside


 	     G 	  	    F     C
And the downhill run to papatte bay


 	    G            F                 C
Off this wing oN the heading lies the marquesa 


        G              F  	      Am    C     G  
I got eigthy feet of water lines, nicely making way 


        G            F               C        
In a noisy bar in avalon I tried to call you


 	     G     	  	 F            Am    C      G
but on the midnight watch I realized, why twice you ran away




Pre-Chorus


G              F 	        C        F        G
Think about, THink about how many times I have fallen 


F            C          F            G  
SPirits are using me a larger voice is callin 


F                   C            F           G 
what heaven brought you and me cannot be forgotten 



CHorus:

G     G       G 	  	  	                  C-F       G
I have been around, (ALL SING NOW) I have been around the world


C                F       G
Lookin for that woman, girl 


     C           F     G
who knows love can endure 

 	  	   G      GG-FF-CCC
and you know it will 






VERSE #2:

when you see the southern cross for the first time
you will understand that's why you came this way
because the truth you have been running for is so small
but its as big as a promise a promise of a coming day
so I'm sailing for tommorrow and my dreams are a dieing 
And my love is an anchor tied to you, tied with a silver chain
I have my ship and all my flags are a flyin
She is all that I have left and music is her name


PRE-CHORUS

CHORUS 


VERSE#3

So we cheated and we lied and we tested 
and we never failed to fail, it was the easiest thing to do
you will survive being bested 
somebody fine will come along and make me forget about lovin you 
and the Southern cross

END JUST LIKE YOU CAME IN 

Great song and the lyrics are like nothing that is written today, full of 
meaning and reason about times that were filled with so much confusion.
Music was there ship and they used it to spread a message. Listen and love this 
song and appreciate the time was written in. A time period that well never be
duplicated again. THis is music and real music was written in times of peril and
that is what makes this such a diverse and deep song.