Last Lion Of Albion chords by Neko Case

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: G+G

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
(x4)
C majorC

Verse 1:
C majorC                A minorAm
Early in the morning where there used to be a slough
     C majorC                 A minorAm
There's a tiny business lake, don't let the cattails fool you
      C majorC      A minorAm
Down in the bottom where nothing is born
C majorC                A minorAm
Sleeps a silver dollar with your face thereon

Pre-Chorus 1:
FF                    D7D7
Wish I could trace the frowning compass of your mouth
    FF                  D7D7
Drop a mercury dime down a Roman drain and summon Mars

Chorus 1:
C majorC
Last lion of Albion
    A minorAm
They'll use you for centuries to come
    FF
They'll steal your patents for the sun
  D7D7
And you'll feel extinction
                A minorAm
When you see your face on their money

Break 1:
(x3) (on these three and the prior Am, alternate removing your finger off the D MajorD string)

A minorAm

Verse 2:

C majorC              A minorAm
Late in the heavens that are already bought
C majorC             A minorAm
Sleeps a red planet in the galaxy of a lion's thoughts
    C majorC          A minorAm
On the surface every tendon and intended machine
     C majorC              A minorAm
Is gonna buckle, knuckle, kneel on a carpet of lion's tongues

Pre-Chorus 2:
FF                          D7D7
Wish I could stand in the spray of the cliff of your sweet revenge
FF                D7D7
Oceans of naked serrated marble crushing in

Break 2:
(x2) (on the last Am, alternate removing your finger off the D MajorD string for last two beats)

C majorC D MajorD A minorAm Am

Chorus 2:
C majorC
Last lion of Albion
    A minorAm
They'll use you for centuries to come
    FF
They'll steal your patents for the sun
  D7D7
And you'll feel extinction

C majorC
Last lion of Albion
    A minorAm
They'll use you for centuries to come
   FF
Your wound's the main road into London
D7D7
You'll feel extinction
                A minorAm
When you see your face on their money

Break 3:
(on the last Am, alternate removing your finger off the D MajorD string for last two beats)

A minorAm Am A minorAm
C majorC D MajorD A minorAm Am

Chorus 3:
C majorC
Last lion of Albion
  D MajorD
The last she-wolf to mother Rome
  A minorAm
The last virgin to wash ashore
You'll feel extinction

C majorC
Last lion of Albion
  D MajorD
The last of the Mohicans gone
  A minorAm
The last cedars of Lebanon
And you'll feel extinction

C majorC
Last lion of Albion
   D MajorD
Last tiger of Tasmania
  A minorAm
The last she-wolf to suckle Rome
You'll feel extinction

   C majorC
When you see your face
 D MajorD         A minorAm
(Fay-ay-ay-ay-ace) on their money