I think that there are 2 electric guitars in this one. I'm going to show you just the chords - you can take it from there. Be sure to visit my tab page in order to understand how I write tablature on the web.

By the way, I interpreted these chords from listening to the LP - I did not use any other written music as an aid in writing the tab presented on this page. If you think that I have made a mistake, please let me know about it by dropping me a quick note.

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THE CHORDS:


F  C  G  G  G  G

(INTRO)

          G
there's a lotta folks down at the island


that follow that astrology


some got a chart of the heavens

                            F  C
and some got a fancy degree

    G
but me I got a pick-up


and I drive it like a Fourth of July


and that's where I seen the vision

                                  F  C
when it fell right out of the sky,      it said
 

D
follow, follow the southern cross


leave your luck in Mexico


there ain't no way to get lost

                                  F  C
cause there ain't no place to go
 


     G
so I bought me a ticket to Texas


and I hopped on a plane to Peru


I met a little lady from Chile

                                  F  C
and she fed me a tropical root

        G
now I'm down in Tierra del Fuego


and nothin' around me is right


I think I got a case of lumbago

                                         F  C
but it's better than the northern lights,     I gotta
 


D
follow, follow the southern cross


leave your luck in Mexico


there ain't no way to get lost

                                  F  C
cause there ain't no place to go


G         F  C
G         F  C
(HORN SOLO)
 

     G
so I paddled out to Easter Island


about as fast as I could go


I saw and albatross on the horizon

                                  F  C
and the stone heads all in a row

            G
I found the secret of navigation


and the mystery of the Milky Way


now I'm livin' in the constellations

                            F  C
tell me what more I can say,      you gotta
 

D
follow, follow the southern cross


and leave your luck in Mexico


there ain't no way to get lost

                                  F  C
cause there ain't no place to go       whoa!

G         F  C
G         F  C

G         F  C
(HORN STUFF)
(repeat & fad)

THE TAB:

G

1 -|| -------------4-----------------3
2 -|| -------------------------------0
3 -|| -------------------------------0
4 -|| -------------------------------0
5 -|| ------2------------------------2
6 -|| -------------3-----------------3

F

1 -|| -----1-------------------------1
2 -|| -----1-------------------------1
3 -|| ---------2---------------------2
4 -|| --------------4----------------3
5 -|| --------------3----------------3
6 -|| -----1-------------------------1

C

1 -|| -------------------------------0
2 -|| --------1----------------------1
3 -|| -------------------------------0
4 -|| ---------------2---------------2
5 -|| -----------------------3-------3
6 -|| --------------------------------

D

1 -|| ---------------2----------------2
2 -|| -----------------------3--------3
3 -|| ---------------1----------------2
4 -|| --------------------------------0
5 -|| ---------------------------------
6 -|| ---------------------------------

Alternate Chords:

G

1 -|| -----1-------------------------3
2 -|| -----1-------------------------3
3 -|| ---------2---------------------4
4 -|| --------------4----------------5
5 -|| --------------3----------------5
6 -|| -----1-------------------------3

C

1 -|| ----------1--------------------3
2 -|| ----------------3--------------5
3 -|| ----------------3--------------5
4 -|| ----------------3--------------5
5 -|| ----------1--------------------3
6 -|| --------------------------------

TIPS:

Uhhh.... take it fast...

Intro:

Each chord symbol in the intro receives 4 beats.

Rest of the song: 

Chord symbols do not represent number of beats, except in the intro.

Intro & Rest of the song:

When playing the G chord in the long stretches, play the alternate G chord. When it sounds like its changing, play the alternate C chord very quickly and the go back to the G chord. If you can hear this in the song, then you should be playing the C chord twice for every eight beats when you see the G chord symbol. That is, for every eight beats of the G chord, you should be playing the C chord on the upbeats of the 7th and 8th beats - G everywhere else, including the downbeats of beats 7 and 8.