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