Last Lion Of Albion chords by Neko Case

Guitar chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (EE AA DD GG BB EE)

Key: GG

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
(x4)
CC

Verse 1:
CC                                AmAm
Early in the morning where there used to be a slough
          CC                                 AmAm
There's a tiny business lake, don't let the cattails fool you
            CC            AmAm
Down in the bottom where nothing is born
CC                                AmAm
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:
CC
Last lion of Albion
        AmAm
They'll use you for centuries to come
        FF
They'll steal your patents for the sun
    D7D7
And you'll feel extinction
                                AmAm
When you see your face on their money

Break 1:
(x3) (on these three and the prior AmAm, alternate removing your finger off the DD string)

AmAm

Verse 2:

CC                            AmAm
Late in the heavens that are already bought
CC                          AmAm
Sleeps a red planet in the galaxy of a lion's thoughts
       CC                    AmAm
On the surface every tendon and intended machine
         CC                           AmAm
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 AmAm, alternate removing your finger off the DD string for last two beats)

CC DD AmAm AmAm

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

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

Break 3:
(on the last AmAm, alternate removing your finger off the DD string for last two beats)

AmAm AmAm AmAm
CC DD AmAm AmAm

Chorus 3:
CC
Last lion of Albion
    DD
The last she-wolf to mother Rome
    AmAm
The last virgin to wash ashore
You'll feel extinction

CC
Last lion of Albion
    DD
The last of the Mohicans gone
    AmAm
The last cedars of Lebanon
And you'll feel extinction

CC
Last lion of Albion
     DD
Last tiger of Tasmania
    AmAm
The last she-wolf to suckle Rome
You'll feel extinction

     CC
When you see your face
 DD                 AmAm
(Fay-ay-ay-ay-ace) on their money

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