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