Ahead by a Century The Tragically Hip
Ahead By A Century ? Tragically Hip album: Trouble At The Henhouse
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Tabbed by: Matt Benca
Email: matt_benca@yahoo.com
Tuning: Standard (they play it CGCGCE low to high on the album)
Chords used:
D cadd9 C A G/B G
e|-2-----0-----0----0-----3----3---| B|-3-----3-----1----2-----0----0---| G|-2-----0-----0----2-----0----0---| D|-0-----2-----2----2-----0----0---| A|-x-----3-----3----0-----2----2---| E|-x-----x-----x----x-----x----3---|
Intro Riff:(taken from other tabs on this site, I slightly modified it)
e|-2---0---5-2-----------| B|-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------| G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-1/2-1/2---| D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------| A|-----------------------| E|-----------------------|
Intro Riff (x4)
d duuududud*strum pattern is something like that, the first d is emphasized
Verse 1
[D]First we?d climb a tree
[D]and maybe then we?d talk
[D]or sit silently
[D]and listen to our thoughts
cadd9
with illusions of someday
[D]casting a golden light
[C]no dress rehearsal,
[D]this is our life
Intro Riff (x2)
Pre-Chorus
D cadd9
that?s where the hornet stung me
and I had a feverish drea[D]m
cadd9
with revenge and doubt
tonight, we smoke them [D]out
Chorus
[A]You are ahead by a century[G/B], you are ahead by a century[A], you are ahead
by a century[G/B]
Intro Riff (x4)
Verse 2
[D]Stare in the morning shroud
[D]and then the day began
[D]I tilted your cloud
[D]you tilted my hand
cadd9(drums enter same time)
rain falls in real time
[D]and rain fell through the night
[C]no dress rehearsal,[D] this is our life
Intro Riff (x2) (really hold on the D chord for the length of two intro riffs and
have an electric w/distortion strum Dsus2, the Dsus2 Csus2 for the next prechorus)
Pre-Chorus
D cadd9
That?s when the hornet stung me
and I had a serious [D]dream
cadd9
with revenge and doubt
tonight, we smoked them [D]out
Outro
[A]You are ahead by a century,[G] you are ahead by a century,[A] you are ahead
by a century,[G] [A] you are ahead by a century,[G]
you are ahead by a century,[A] you are ahead by a century [G] [D] [D] [D] [u]
G Intro Riff (x6)
and disappointing you?s getting me down end with D strum
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