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