Ahead By A Century

Ahead By A Century – Tragically Hip    album: Trouble At The Henhouse 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| 

Tabbed by: Matt Benca

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]
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-----------| x4 
A|-----------------------|    
E|-----------------------|    

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


[Interlude]
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|-----------------------| x2 


[Pre-Chorus]

D                                Cadd9
that’s 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


[Interlude]
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|-----------------------| 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


[Interlude]
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|-----------------------| 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
                    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 you’s getting me down         end with D strum