Ahead by a Century
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#Ahead By A Century Tragically Hip album: Trouble At The Henhouse
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#Tabbed by: Matt Benca
#Email: matt_benca@yahoo.com
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#Tuning: Standard (they play it CGCGCE low to high on the album)
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#Chords used:
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# D cadd9 C A G/B G
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e|-2-----0-----0----0-----3----3---|
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B|-3-----3-----1----2-----0----0---|
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G|-2-----0-----0----2-----0----0---|
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D|-0-----2-----2----2-----0----0---|
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A|-x-----3-----3----0-----2----2---|
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E|-x-----x-----x----x-----x----3---|
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#Intro Riff:(taken from other tabs on this site, I slightly modified it)
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e|-2---0---5-2-----------|
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B|-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------|
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G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-1/2-1/2---|
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D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------|
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A|-----------------------|
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E|-----------------------|
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#Intro Riff (x4)
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#d duuududud*strum pattern is something like that, the first d is emphasized
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#Verse 1
D
First wed climb a tree
D
and maybe then wed 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
thats where the hornet stung me
D
and I had a feverish dream
Cadd9
with revenge and doubt
D
tonight, we smoke them out
Chorus
A G/B A
You are ahead by a century, you are ahead by a century, you are ahead
G/B
by a century
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 D
no dress rehearsal, 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
Thats when the hornet stung me
D
and I had a serious dream
Cadd9
with revenge and doubt
D
tonight, we smoked them out
Outro
A G A
You are ahead by a century, you are ahead by a century, you are ahead
G A G
by a century, you are ahead by a century,
A G d d d u
you are ahead by a century, you are ahead by a century
G Intro Riff (x6)
and disappointing yous getting me down end with D strum