Neko Case – Last Lion Of Albion (Guitar)

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Chords

[Intro] C C C C [Verse 1]
C                                Am
Early in the morning where there used to be a slough

          C                                 Am
There's a tiny business lake, don't let the cattails fool you

            C            Am
Down in the bottom where nothing is born

C                                Am
Sleeps a silver dollar with your face thereon
[Pre-Chorus 1]
F                                       Dm
Wish I could trace the frowning compass of your mouth

       F                                   Dm
Drop a mercury dime down a Roman drain and summon Mars
[Chorus 1]
C
Last lion of Albion

        Am
They'll use you for centuries to come

        F
They'll steal your patents for the sun

    Dm
And you'll feel extinction

                                Am
When you see your face on their money
[Break 1]
Am
(x3) (on these three and the prior Am, alternate removing your finger off the D string)
[Verse 2]
C                            Am
Late in the heavens that are already bought

C                          Am
Sleeps a red planet in the galaxy of a lion's thoughts

       C                    Am
On the surface every tendon and intended machine

         C                           Am
Is gonna buckle, knuckle, kneel on a carpet of lion's tongues
[Pre-Chorus 2]
F                                                    Dm
Wish I could stand in the spray of the cliff of your sweet revenge

F                               Dm
Oceans of naked serrated marble crushing in
[Break 2]
C D Am Am
(x2) (on the last Am, alternate removing your finger off the D string for last two beats)
[Chorus 2]
C
Last lion of Albion

        Am
They'll use you for centuries to come

        F
They'll steal your patents for the sun

    Dm
And you'll feel extinction

C
Last lion of Albion

        Am
They'll use you for centuries to come

     F
Your wound's the main road into London

Dm
You'll feel extinction

                                Am
When you see your face on their money
[Break 3]
Am Am Am
(on the last Am, alternate removing your finger off the D string for last two beats)
C D Am Am [Chorus 3]
C
Last lion of Albion

    D
The last she-wolf to mother Rome

    Am
The last virgin to wash ashore
You'll feel extinction
C
Last lion of Albion

    D
The last of the Mohicans gone

    Am
The last cedars of Lebanon
And you'll feel extinction
C
Last lion of Albion

     D
Last tiger of Tasmania

    Am
The last she-wolf to suckle Rome
You'll feel extinction
     C
When you see your face

 D                          Am
(Fay-ay-ay-ay-ace) on their money