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