[Intro]
(x4)
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 D7
Wish I could trace the frowning compass of your mouth
F D7
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
D7
And you'll feel extinction
Am
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 string)
Am
[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 D7
Wish I could stand in the spray of the cliff of your sweet revenge
F D7
Oceans of naked serrated marble crushing in
[Break 2]
(x2) (on the last Am, alternate removing your finger off the D string for last two beats)
C D Am Am
[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
D7
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
D7
You'll feel extinction
Am
When you see your face on their money
[Break 3]
(on the last Am, alternate removing your finger off the D string for last two beats)
Am Am Am
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