Song: Century
Artist: Feist
Album: Pleasure, 2017
URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleasure_(Feist_album)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=48&v=PC6CmAKNhl4
Tempo: Moderato.
Method: First part is a staccato rhythm. The second part is a rolling rhythm.
Tuning: Standard
Capo 1
Chords:
EADGBe
F 133211 or X33211
D XX0232 or 101212111010
G 355433 or 320003
Am 577555 or X03320
C 81010988 or X32010
Em 022000 or X79987
[Intro](Picked Bass line and accented drum echoed)
(F) (G) (Am)
(F) (G) (Am)
(F) (G) (Am)
(F) (G)
[Verse 1]
F D G
I fought my feelings and got in the way,
F D G
Could've been easier like a decade of days.
F D G
Projection, young marriage, lighting the stage,
F D F G F G Am F
I wanted feelings, that got in my own way. Oh!
[Verse 2]
G F D G
Then wrote that letter that had nothing to say,
F D G
Staccato vision like a kingdom of days.
F D G
All lonely, or not lonely, century away,
F D F G F G Am F G
But still a vision as if help's on its way. Oh!
[Chorus 1]
Am F G
Someone, who will lead you to someone,
Am
Who will lead you to someone.
C
Who will lead you to the one,
F C G Am F G Am F
At the end of the century.
[Verse 3](Picked Bass line over)
G Am F G
The air is clearer a decade away, Oh!
F D G
Singing to a mountain, that was empty all along.
F D G
All lonely, young marriage, lighting the way, Oh!
F D F G D G
She wanted feelings that got in her own way. Oh!
[Solo](Picked Lead, Phonetic Vocals, Drums & Bass)
F G Am F G C
F G Am F G F
G Am F G Am F
[Chorus 2](Accelerating & ascending vocals)
F G
Someone, who will lead you to someone,
C Am
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)
F G
Someone, who will lead you to someone,
C Am
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)
F G
Someone, who will lead you to someone,
C Am
Who will lead you to someone.
F
Who will lead you to the one,
At the end of the century.[Stop]
[Bridge](Keyboards echoed)
G F Em Am
F Em D F
C Am F Em
D G F Am
[Epilogue] by Jarvis Cocker
(Slow, softly spoken words over Keyboards, Bass guitar, gently picked Lead and Drums)
F Am G F
A century, how long is that?
C Am F D
Three billion, one hundred and fifty five million,
G F Am F
Nine hundred and seventy three thousand, six hundred seconds.
C D G
Eight hundred and seventy six million hours,
F
Or thirty six thousand, five hundred days.
C D G F
Almost as long as one of those endless dark nights of the soul,
F Em F C
Those nights that never end. (A century)
Am F Em Am
When you believe you'll never see the sun rise again,
C F Em Am
When a single second feels like a century. (A century)
[Coda & Refrain](Keyboards & softly strummed Rhythm & Lead, with Drums over)
C F Em Am
A century,
F Em D C
A century.
F Em Am F
A century,
G D Am F
A century.
Em Am F Em
A century,
D C F Em
A century.
D C F Em
A century,
Am F C (-)
A century.
N.C.
A century.[Stop]
[End]
