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