Intro
(Picked Bass line and accented drum echoed)
(F) (G) (Am)
(F) (G) (Am)
(F) (G) (Am)
(F) (G)
[Verse 1]
G E A
I fought my feelings and got in the way,
G E A
Could've been easier like a decade of days.
G E A
Projection, young marriage, lighting the stage,
G E G A G A Bm G
I wanted feelings, that got in my own way. Oh!
[Verse 2]
A G E A
Then wrote that letter that had nothing to say,
G E A
Staccato vision like a kingdom of days.
G E A
All lonely, or not lonely, century away,
G E G A G A Bm G A
But still a vision as if help's on its way. Oh!
[Chorus 1]
Bm G A
Someone, who will lead you to someone,
Bm
Who will lead you to someone.
D
Who will lead you to the one,
G D A Bm G A Bm G
At the end of the century.
[Verse 3](Picked Bass line over)
A Bm G A
The air is clearer a decade away, Oh!
G E A
Singing to a mountain, that was empty all along.
G E A
All lonely, young marriage, lighting the way, Oh!
G E G A E A
She wanted feelings that got in her own way. Oh!
[Solo](Picked Lead, Phonetic Vocals, Drums & Bass)
G A Bm G A D
G A Bm G A G
A Bm G A Bm G
[Chorus 2](Accelerating & ascending vocals)
G A
Someone, who will lead you to someone,
D Bm
Who will lead you to someone.
G
Who will lead you to the one,
At the end of the century.
[Chorus 3](Tension and speed increasing)
G A
Someone, who will lead you to someone,
D Bm
Who will lead you to someone.
G
Who will lead you to the one,
At the end of the century.
[Chorus 4](Double-tracked vocals)
G A
Someone, who will lead you to someone,
D Bm
Who will lead you to someone.
G
Who will lead you to the one,
At the end of the century.[Stop]
[Bridge](Keyboards echoed)
A G F#m Bm
G F#m E G
D Bm G F#m
E A G Bm
[Epilogue] by Jarvis Cocker
(Slow, softly spoken words over Keyboards, Bass guitar, gently picked Lead and Drums)
G Bm A G
B century, how long is that?
D Bm G E
Three billion, one hundred and fifty five million,
A G Bm G
Nine hundred and seventy three thousand, six hundred seconds.
D E A
Eight hundred and seventy six million hours,
G
Or thirty six thousand, five hundred days.
D E A G
Almost as long as one of those endless dark nights of the soul,
G F#m G D
Those nights that never end. (B century)
Bm G F#m Bm
When you believe you'll never see the sun rise again,
D G F#m Bm
When a single second feels like a century. (B century)
[Coda & Refrain](Keyboards & softly strummed Rhythm & Lead, with Drums over)
D G F#m Bm
B century,
G F#m E D
B century.
G F#m Bm G
B century,
A E Bm G
B century.
F#m Bm G F#m
B century,
E D G F#m
B century.
E D G F#m
B century,
Bm G D (-)
B century.
N.C.
B century.[Stop]
[End]