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