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Introduction: F#5 G#5 A#5 F#5 G#5 A#5 F#5 G#5 A#5 F#5 G#5 D#5
F# E F# D#5 G#5 ( D#5)
I fought my feelings and got in the way,
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Could've been easier like a decade of days.
F# E F# D#5 G#5 ( D#5)
Projection, young marriage, lighting the stage,
F# E F# D#5 G#5 ( D#5)
I wanted feelings, that got in my own way. Oh!
F# E F# D#5 G#5 ( D#5)
Then wrote that letter that had nothing to say,
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Staccato vision like a kingdom of days.
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All lonely, or not lonely, century away,
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But still a vision as if help's on its way. Oh!
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Someone, who will lead you to someone,
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Who will lead you to someone.
F#
Who will lead you to the one,
At the end of the century.
F# E F# D#5 G#5 ( D#5)
The air is clearer a decade away, Oh!
F# E F# D#5 G#5 ( D#5)
Singing to a mountain, that was empty all along.
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All lonely, young marriage, lighting the way, Oh!
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She wanted feelings that got in her own way. Oh!
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Someone, who will lead you to someone,
A#m
Who will lead you to someone.
F#
Who will lead you to the one,
At the end of the century.
F# G#
Someone, who will lead you to someone,
A#m
Who will lead you to someone.
F#
Who will lead you to the one,
At the end of the century.
F# G#
Someone, who will lead you to someone,
A#m
Who will lead you to someone.
F#
Who will lead you to the one,
At the end of the century.
F# Fm A#m F# Fm D#m G#
A century, how long is that?
F# Fm A#m
Three billion, one hundred and fifty five million,
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Nine hundred and seventy three thousand, six hundred seconds.
F# Fm A#m
Eight hundred and seventy six million hours,
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Or thirty six thousand, five hundred days.
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Almost as long as one of those endless dark nights of the soul,
D#m G#
Those nights that never end. (A century)
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When you believe you'll never see the sun rise again,
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When a single second feels like a century. (A century)
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A century
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A century
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A century
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A century
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A century
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A century