Biography:
The Tragically Hip's infectious songs, catchy melodies, inspired lyrics, and solid musicianship have secured their place as the kings of rock in Canada. Formed in the early '80s in Kingston, Ontario, they are a five-piece group of friends: Gordon Downie (primary lyricist and lead vocalist (February 6, 1963-October 17,2017), Paul Langlois and Rob Baker (guitars), Gord Sinclair (bass) and Johnny Fay (drums). For thirty years, The Tragically Hip has
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- All Canadian Surf Club
- Another Midnight
- Are We Family Acoustic
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- Blow At High Dough
- Bobcaygeon
- Boots Or Hearts
- Born In The Water
- Bring It All Back
- Cemetary Sideroad
- Coffee Girl
- Cordelia
- Country Day
- Courage
- Dark Canuck
- Dire Wolf
- Done And Done
- Dont Wake Daddy
- Drop Off
- Eldorado
- Escape Is At Hand For The Travellin Man
- Evelyn
- Family Band
- Fiddlers Green
- Fifty Mission Cap
- Fireworks
- Flamenco
- Fly
- Fully Completely
- Get Back Again
- Gift Shop
- Grace Too
- Gus The Polar Bear From Central Park
- Im A Werewolf Baby
- In A World Possessed By The Human Mind
- In Sarnia
- In View
- Inch An Hour
- Its A Good Life If You Dont Weaken
- Killing Time
- Lake Fever
- Last American Exit
- Leave
- Little Bones
- Locked In The Trunk Of A Car
- Long Time Running
- Looking For A Place To Happen
- Love Sic
- Man Machine Poem
- Membership
- Morning Moon
- Music At Work
- My Music At Work
- Nautical Disaster
- New Maybe
- New Orleans Is Sinking
- Now The Struggle Has A Name
- Nuclear Bbq
- On The Verge
- Opiated
- Pigeon Camera
- Putting Down
- Queen Of The Furrows
- Scared
- She Didnt Know
- Sherpa
- Silver Jet
- Smalltown Bringdown
- So Hard Done By
- Something On
- Speed River
- Springtime In Vienna
- Stay
- The Bear
- The Darkest One
- The Last Of The Unplucked Gems
- The Last Recluse
- The Lookahead
- The New Maybe
- The Rules
- The Wherewithal
- Thompson Girl
- Three Pistols
- Throwing Off Glass
- Thugs
- Tired As Fuck
- Trickle Down
- Vaccination Scar
- Vapour Trails
- Waltz For Juliette
- Well Go Too
- What Blue
- Wheat Kings
- When The Weight Comes Down
- World Container
- Yer Not The Ocean
- Youre Everywhere
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The Tragically Hip
Ahead by a Century
Re-Tabbed by Keith Waterfield
This is an updated version orginally tabbed by Francois Poudrier and Pat SpruceBoy
Grantis
I just added the rest of the lyrics and moved some of the chords around.
I find this version sounds close enough to the album, you may want to add the Dsus
during the verses for a more authentic sound, or just for fun.
CHORDS
D 2320xx
Dsus 0320xx
D6 5320xx
E 0023xx
G6 330023
A 0222xx
C 01023x
Intro: D Dsus D6 D E (repeat 3 times)
D E D
First we'd climb a tree
D
and maybe then we'd talk
D E D
or sit silently
D
and listen to our thoughts
C E D
with illusions of someday
D E D
casting a golden light
C
no dress rehearsal,
D
this is our life
REPEAT INTRO (2 times)
chorus
D
and that's when the hornet stung me
C D
and I had a feverish dream
D C
with revenge and doubt
C D
tonight we smoke them out
A
You are ahead by a century
G6
You are ahead by a century
A
You are ahead by a century
G6
REPEAT INTRO (4 times)
D
Stare in the morning shroud
D
and then the day began
D
I tlted your cloud,
D
you tilted my hand
C
rain falls in real time
D
and rain fell through the night
C
no dress rehearsal,
D
this is our life
REPEAT INTRO
D
and that's when the hornet stung me
C D
and I had a feverish dream
D C
with revenge and doubt
C D
tonight we smoke them out
A
You are ahead by a century
G6
You are ahead by a century
A
You are ahead by a century
G6
A
You are ahead by a century
G6
You are ahead by a century
A
You are ahead by a century
G6
D
and disappointing you's gettin' me down
REPEAT INTRO 5 TIMES
Corrections or Comments - [email protected]
Ahead by a Century
Re-Tabbed by Keith Waterfield
This is an updated version orginally tabbed by Francois Poudrier and Pat SpruceBoy
Grantis
I just added the rest of the lyrics and moved some of the chords around.
I find this version sounds close enough to the album, you may want to add the Dsus
during the verses for a more authentic sound, or just for fun.
CHORDS
D 2320xx
Dsus 0320xx
D6 5320xx
E 0023xx
G6 330023
A 0222xx
C 01023x
Intro: D Dsus D6 D E (repeat 3 times)
D E D
First we'd climb a tree
D
and maybe then we'd talk
D E D
or sit silently
D
and listen to our thoughts
C E D
with illusions of someday
D E D
casting a golden light
C
no dress rehearsal,
D
this is our life
REPEAT INTRO (2 times)
chorus
D
and that's when the hornet stung me
C D
and I had a feverish dream
D C
with revenge and doubt
C D
tonight we smoke them out
A
You are ahead by a century
G6
You are ahead by a century
A
You are ahead by a century
G6
REPEAT INTRO (4 times)
D
Stare in the morning shroud
D
and then the day began
D
I tlted your cloud,
D
you tilted my hand
C
rain falls in real time
D
and rain fell through the night
C
no dress rehearsal,
D
this is our life
REPEAT INTRO
D
and that's when the hornet stung me
C D
and I had a feverish dream
D C
with revenge and doubt
C D
tonight we smoke them out
A
You are ahead by a century
G6
You are ahead by a century
A
You are ahead by a century
G6
A
You are ahead by a century
G6
You are ahead by a century
A
You are ahead by a century
G6
D
and disappointing you's gettin' me down
REPEAT INTRO 5 TIMES
Corrections or Comments - [email protected]
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