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