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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- Boots Or Hearts
- Born In The Water
- Bring It All Back
- Cemetary Sideroad
- Coffee Girl
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- Courage
- Dark Canuck
- Dire Wolf
- Done And Done
- Dont Wake Daddy
- Drop Off
- Eldorado
- Escape Is At Hand For The Travellin Man
- Evelyn
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- Fireworks
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- 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
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- 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
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Ahead By A Century – Tragically Hip album: Trouble At The Henhouse
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Tabbed by: Matt Benca
Email: [email protected]
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
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Tabbed by: Matt Benca
Email: [email protected]
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
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