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 Em 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 Em C D
But still a vision as if help's on its way. Oh!
[Chorus 1]
Em C D
Someone, who will lead you to someone,
Em
Who will lead you to someone.
G
Who will lead you to the one,
C G D Em C D Em C
At the end of the century.
[Verse 3](Picked Bass line over)
D Em 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 Em C D G
C D Em C D C
D Em C D Em C
[Chorus 2](Accelerating & ascending vocals)
C D
Someone, who will lead you to someone,
G Em
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 Em
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 Em
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 Bm Em
C Bm A C
G Em C Bm
A D C Em
[Epilogue] by Jarvis Cocker
(Slow, softly spoken words over Keyboards, Bass guitar, gently picked Lead and Drums)
C Em D C
E century, how long is that?
G Em C A
Three billion, one hundred and fifty five million,
D C Em 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 Bm C G
Those nights that never end. (E century)
Em C Bm Em
When you believe you'll never see the sun rise again,
G C Bm Em
When a single second feels like a century. (E century)
[Coda & Refrain](Keyboards & softly strummed Rhythm & Lead, with Drums over)
G C Bm Em
E century,
C Bm A G
E century.
C Bm Em C
E century,
D A Em C
E century.
Bm Em C Bm
E century,
A G C Bm
E century.
A G C Bm
E century,
Em C G (-)
E century.
N.C.
E century.[Stop]
[End]