Patti Smith
Beneath The Southern Cross Ukulele Chords
Song information: the song's signature meter is 12/8. BPM is around 100. Listen to the
song for the strumming pattern and accents (first chord of the bar is louder than the
others). Mostly the pattern consists of downstrokes, but there are variations. Give
attention to the rhythm.
Play the first chord of the bar fully, the other chords only the 'higher sounding' ones.
Chord voicings:
C: x00232
Gsus4: x00230
F: xx0033
D en G actually have other names (D/A, G/D), but I call them D and G for readability of
the chord chart.
Intro:
Gsus4 F x3
C Gsus4
C Gsus4 C Gsus4 C
Verse 1:
C
Oh
Gsus4
to be
C
not anyone
Gsus4
gone
C
this maze of being
Gsus4
skin
Verse 2:
C
oh
Gsus4
to cry
C
not any cry
Gsus4
so mournful that
C Gsus4
the dove just laughs
C
the steadfast gasps
Verse3:
C
oh
Gsus4
to owe
C
not anyone
Gsus4
nothing
C
to be
Gsus4
not here
C
but here
forsaking
equatorial bliss
Gsus4
who walked through
C
the callow mist
Gsus4
dressed in scraps
C
who walked
Gsus4 C
the curve of the world
Gsus4
whose bone scraped
C
whose flesh unfurled
Gsus4
who grieves not
C
anyone gone
Gsus4 C
to greet lame
C
the inspired sky
amazed to stumble
Gsus4 C
where gods get lost
Gsus4
beneath
C
the southern cross
Outro:
C Gsus4 (x5)
C F (x4) C C Gsus4 C
Gsus4 C
(chords played over Jeff Buckley's vocal)
Coda:
C
cross over boy
cross over
Gsus4 C Gsus4 C Gsus4 C F C