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