Ahead By A Century Bass Tab

Trouble At The Henhouse Tabs:

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Ahead by a Century
by The Tragically Hip
from the CD "Trouble at the Henhouse"

There is a lot going on in this song, so the bass is hard to pick out

This is waht is played when Gord Downie isn't singing

G
D               67 67 
A 5 5 5 5 5
E

Then the vocals kick in

    First we'd climb a tree...
G                     5
D               5 7
A 5 5 5 5 5 
E

CHORUS

G
D
A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 
E

That is pretty close, if you think it's wrong, send in the corrections


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Submitted by:  Ricky Bowness (rbowness@ashbury.ca OR jubowne@ibm.net)




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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture David Wanna Be	#1 by David Albert at Sep 4, 1970 at 7:53 PM EST
	^ agreed. i just watched the video, actually. lovely song.

No Picture Matt "Wolfeman" Average	#2 by Matt "Wolfeman" Wolfe at Mar 31, 1971 at 4:30 PM EST
	i can relate to this song alot. my view would be that it is infact a story of love between this young boy and girl. their lives are chaotic and hard to deal with,most likely because of their parents as seen in the video.("no dress rehersal, this is our lives"). as in what they are experiencing is no act, it's harsh and real. their escape is to be with eachother, they can talk about anything..a way of healing and getting through. ("with illusions of someday casting a golden light")..this to me means that they one day dream to be someone, something successful and important..unlike all the shit they are witnessing in the present. and to be "ahead by a century" is they have learned from what they have seen, they are wise and ahead of there time. although, as they get older they slip unable to deal with the pain... turning to pot, with a sense of gulit.("with revenge and doubt tonight we smoke them out")..but i dont think it takes them under, only a temporary relief because talking just didnt do enough anymore.

No Picture Jonathan Average	#3 by Jonathan at Apr 6, 1975 at 10:15 AM EST
	the tragically hip kicks ass like whoa. This song is def about nostalgia... =( and nostalgic songs always make me emo. uh oh!

No Picture Eric Lead Player	#4 by Eric Hanstein at Jun 29, 1975 at 4:11 PM EST
	i always saw this as being about a guy and a girl being in love, the guy is remebering when they were kids while the chick is all in the present.....meaning she is ahead by a century......

No Picture clair Average	#5 by clair holman at Mar 11, 1982 at 5:04 AM EST
	I think this is the best soft song ever

No Picture Spencer Wanna Be	#6 by Spencer at Apr 13, 1985 at 2:47 PM EST
	for me this song means my dad, altho i have never known my father well i once found out he likes the tragically hip and this just happened to be the first song i heard after i found out... one of the best songs ever...

No Picture †grave† Lead Player	#7 by †grave† f at Apr 2, 1988 at 3:29 PM EST
	This song rocks, man. So few people know about them here in America, but it seems like if they do, they love the Hip. Anyways, I get this being about nostalgia (I love it), but what does anything thing "I tilted your cloud, you tilted my hand" means?

No Picture Magna Wanna Be	#8 by Magna at Jun 12, 1991 at 6:05 PM EST
	I think this is my The Hip favorite. I've heard the phrase "Ahead by (x-amount of time)" used with Jesus, or Gandhi-- those really cool, loving characters of history. Any thoughts?

No Picture Liam Lead Player	#9 by Liam Chan at Dec 19, 1991 at 10:15 AM EST
	If anyone has seen the music video for this song, There is a young boy sitting in a tree with a young girl...the father of the boy is in the house with his mother, and someone comes to pick the fater up. He runs outside to the car and the boy runs inside to see his dad before he leaves. He doesnt make it in time. The boy looks just like a mini version of his dad as they are both running. Does this help any?

No Picture Jelly Wanna Be	#10 by Jelly F at Aug 30, 1993 at 1:51 PM EST
	Wonderful song I love The Hip! They are such an incredible band, and even better live...

No Picture KEV! Wanna Be	#11 by KEV! Kavanagh at Jun 25, 2001 at 10:11 AM EST
	What the hell, no comments??? sick ass song!

No Picture JC Average	#12 by JC Drake at Oct 1, 2006 at 8:17 AM EST
	pretty much...the hip's coming to fredericton, and im sooooo excited! lol this song rox my sox right off my stinky feet