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