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