{t:Ahead By A Century}
{st:The Tragically Hip (1996)}
{sot}
Strum
| D - X u - u d u |
{eot}
{sot}
Riff:
  [D]
   D     u   u   u     u d u                                             
A|-0-----0---0---0-|---0-0-0---------| 
E|-2-----0-------2-|---2-2-2-0h2-0h2-| h=hammer-on
C|-2-----2-------2-|---2-2-2---------|
G|-2-----2-------2-|---2-2-2---------|
   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
{eot}
{sot}
Simple Riff:
  [D]                                     
A|-----------0-----|-----------------| 
E|-2-----0-------2-|---------0-2-0-2-|
   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
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{c:Intro Riff - Play 4x}
[/] [D] [/] [D] [/] [D] [/] [D] [/]
[/] [D] [/] [D] [/] [D] [/] [D] [/]

[/] [D] ... First thing we'd [/] climb a tree [/] 
[/] [D] ... and maybe [/] then we'd talk [/] 
[/] [D] ... or sit si- [/] lently  [/] 
[/] [D] ... and listen [/] to our thoughts [/] 


[/] [C] ... Illusions of [/] someday  [/] 
[/] [D] ... casting a [/] golden light [/] 
[/] [C] ... no dress re- [/] hearsal [/] 
[/] [D] ... this is [/] our life [/] 


{c:Riff - Play 2x}
[/] [D] [/] [D] [/] [D] [/] [D] [/]


{c:Pre-Chorus}
[/] [D] And that's where the [/] hornet stung me [/]
[/] [C] ... and [/] I had a feverish  [/] 
[/] [D] dream...  [/] with revenge and  [/] 
[/] [C] doubt ... to- [/] night we smoke them [/] 
[/] [D] ou-ou-ou-out [/] [D] [/]


{soc}
[/] [A] ... You are a- [/] head by a century [/] 
[/] [G] ... You are a- [/] head by a century [/] 
[/] [A] ... You are a- [/] head by a century [/]  
[/] [G↓]  [G↑] [G↓] [/] ... [/] 
{eoc}


{c:Riff - Play 2x}
[/] [D] [/] [D] [/] [D] [/] [D] [/]


[/] [D] ... Stare in the [/] morning shroud [/] 
[/] [D] ... and then the [/] day began [/] 
[/] [D] ... I til- [/] ted your cloud
[/] [D] ... you til- [/] ted my hand [/] 


[/] [C] ... Rain falls in [/] real time [/] 
[/] [D] ... and rain fell [/] through the night [/] 
[/] [C] ... no dress re- [/] hearsal [/] 
[/] [D] ... this is [/] our life [/] 


{c:Riff - Play 2x}
[/] [D] [/] [D] [/] [D] [/] [D] [/]


{c:Pre-Chorus}
[/] [D] But that's when the [/] hornet stung me [/]
[/] [C] ... and [/] I had a serious  [/] 
[/] [D] dream...  [/] with revenge and  [/] 
[/] [C] doubt ... to- [/] night we smoke them [/] 
[/] [D] ou-ou-ou-out [/] [D] [/]


{soc}
[/] [A] ... You are a- [/] head by a century [/] 
[/] [G] ... You are a- [/] head by a century [/] 
[/] [A] ... You are a- [/] head by a century [/]  
[/] [G↓]  [G↑] [G↓] [/] [G] [/] 
[/] [A] ... You are a- [/] head by a century [/] 
[/] [G] ... You are a- [/] head by a century [/] 
[/] [A] ... You are a- [/] head by a century [/]  
[/] [G↓]  [G↑] [G↓] [/] ... and disappointment is [/] 
{c:Riff 4x}
[/] [D] gettin' me down [/] [D] [/] [D] [/] [D] [/]
[/] [D] [/] [D] [/] [D] [/] [D] [/] [D↓] 
{eoc}


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