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