Stephen Arthur Stills is an American guitarist and singer-songwriter best known for his work with the Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills & Nash and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
Stephen Stills was born in Dallas, Texas on January 3, 1945 to a military family. Moving around as a child, he developed an interest in blues and folk music. He was also influenced by Latin music after spending his teenage years in Costa Rica and the Panama Canal Zone, where he graduated from high school.
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Here are the lyrics and chords for Southern Cross. The strumming rhythm is the key to the song and there are only four chords: A, G, D, and Bm
The intro is : AGD - AGDA
and the verses are pretty much the same:
AGD Got out of town on a boat go'n' to southern islands
DAGDA Sailing a reach before a following sea .......etc.
the Bm is used during the end of the verse:
DBmA why twice you ran away
The words are:
SOUTHERN CROSS Words and music by Stephen Stills, Richard Curtis, and Michael Curtis
Got out of town on a boat go'n' to southern islands Sailing a reach before a following sea She was making for the trades on the outside, and the downhill run to Pape-ete.
Off the wind on this heading, lie the Marquesas We got eighty feet of waterline nicely making way In a noisy bar in Avalon, I tried to call you But on the midnight watch I realized why twice you ran away.
Think about how many times I have fallen Spirits are usin' me; larger voices callin' What heaven brought you and me cannot be forgotten.
I have been around the world, looking for that woman-girl who knows love can endure. And you know it will.
When you see the Southern Cross for the first time, You understand now why you came this way. 'Cause the truth you might be running from is so small. But it's as big as the promise, the promise of a comin' day.
So I'm sailing for tomorrow. My dreams are a-dying. And my love is an anchor tied to you, tied with a silver chain. I have my ship, and all her flags are a-flying. She is all that I have left, and music is her name.
Think about...
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 find will come along, make me forget about loving you and the Southern Cross.
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