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:  

        
e|-2-----0----
B|-3-----3----
G|-2-----0----
D|-0-----2----
A|-x-----3----
E|-x-----x----

         
-0----0-----3-
-1----2-----0-
-0----2-----0-
-2----2-----0-
-3----0-----2-
-x----x-----x-

    
---3---|
---0---|
---0---|
---0---|
---2---|
---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
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0
A|------------
E|------------

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-1/2-1/2---|
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[Intro]

e|-2---0---5-2
B|-3-3-3-3-3-3
G|-2-2-2-2-2-2
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0
A|------------
E|------------

-----------|
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-1/2-1/2---|
-----------| x4
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d duuududud*strum pattern is something like that, the first d is emphasized


[Verse 1]


First we’d cli

mb a tree

and maybe then

 we’d talk

or sit silentl

y

and listen to 

our thoughts

with illusions

 of someday

casting a gold

en light

no dress rehea

rsal, 

this is our li

fe


[Interlude]

e|-2---0---5-2
B|-3-3-3-3-3-3
G|-2-2-2-2-2-2
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0
A|------------
E|------------

-----------|
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-1/2-1/2---|
-----------|
-----------|
-----------| x

2


[Pre-Chorus]

             
that’s where t

              
he hornet stun

     
g me
              
and I had a fe

           
verish dream
              
with revenge a

  
nd doubt
              
tonight, we sm

         
oke them out


[Chorus]

             
You are ahead 

            
by a century, 

             
you are ahead 

             
by a century, 

you are ahead 
            
by a century




[Interlude]

e|-2---0---5-2
B|-3-3-3-3-3-3
G|-2-2-2-2-2-2
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0
A|------------
E|------------

-----------|
-----------|
-1/2-1/2---|
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-----------|
-----------| x

4


[Verse 2]


Stare in the m

orning shroud

and then the d

ay began

I tilted your 

cloud

you tilted my 

hand
 
rain falls in 

  
real time 

and rain fell 

through the ni

ght
             
no dress rehea

     
rsal, this is 

our life


[Interlude]

e|-2---0---5-2
B|-3-3-3-3-3-3
G|-2-2-2-2-2-2
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0
A|------------
E|------------

-----------|
-----------|
-1/2-1/2---|
-----------|
-----------|
-----------| x

2

(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]

             
That’s when th

              
e hornet stung

   
 me
              
and I had a se

      
rious dream
              
with revenge a

  
nd doubt
              
tonight, we sm

          
oked them out


[Outro]

             
You are ahead 

             
by a century, 

              
you are ahead 

             
by a century, 

you are ahead 
             
by a century, 

              
              

             
              

              
you are ahead 

             
by a century, 
              
you are ahead 

             
by a century, 

              
you are ahead 

             
by a century  

        
              

  
             
and disappoint

        
ing you’s gett

 [      
ing me down   

  
      end with

 D strum