[Intro]

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[Verse 1]

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Got outta town on a boat, goin' to southern islands
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Sailing a reach before a following sea
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She was making for the trades on the outside
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And the downhill run to Papeʻetē

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Off the wind on this heading lie the Marquesas
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We got eighty feet of the waterline nicely making way
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In a noisy bar in Avalon I tried to call you
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But on a midnight watch I realized why twice you ran away


[Pre-Chorus]

(A)
Think about
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  Think about how many times I have fallen
G             D         G             A
  Spirits are using me, larger voices calling
G                     D          G             A
  What heaven brought you and me cannot be forgotten


[Chorus]

             D  G      A      Asus4 A
I have been around the world
D                G     A     Asus4
Looking for that woman girl
A   D          G     A
Who knows love can endure
N.C.             A   G   D  D
And you know it will

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[Verse 2]

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When you see the Southern Cross for the first time
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You understand now why you came this way
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'Cause the truth you might be runnin' from is so small
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But it's as big as the promise, the promise of a coming day

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So I'm sailing for tomorrow, my dreams are a-dying
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And my love is an anchor tied to you, tied with a silver chain
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I have my ship and all her flags are a-flying
       A               G         D     Bm     A
She is all that I have left, and music is her name


[Pre-Chorus]

(A)
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
  What heaven brought you and me cannot be forgotten


[Chorus]

             D  G      A      Asus4 A
I have been around the world
D                G     A     Asus4
Looking for that woman girl
A   D          G      A
Who knows love can endure
N.C.             A   G   D  D
And you know it will
          A         G   D  A
And you know it will


[Instrumental]

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[Verse 3]

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So we cheated and we lied and we tested
       A               G                D                A
And we never failed to fail, it was the easiest thing to do
A              G         D      D
  You will survive being bested
          A        G                      D         Bm     A
Somebody fine will come along, make me forget about loving you
                A     G   D  D
In the Southern Cross

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